software-center crashed with TypeError in is_action_in_progress_for_selected_app()

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Binary package hint: software-center

I was installing multiple packages from Software Center in reasonably quick succession. Then I got this crash report and at least 2 more have already come through. Not sure if they are the same or different yet.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: software-center 1.1.24
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 9 23:48:08 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with TypeError in is_action_in_progress_for_selected_app()
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #558895, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.