Comment 0 for bug 630248

Binary package hint: software-center

i am unable to open ubuntu software center (2.1.14.1) in maverick when malayalam language is selected. iam getting the following error in the terminal

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 86, in <module>
    app = SoftwareCenterApp(datadir, xapian_base_path, options, args)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 141, in __init__
    self.history = get_apt_history()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 167, in get_apt_history
    apt_history = AptHistory()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 76, in __init__
    self.rescan()
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 88, in rescan
    self._scan(self.history_file)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 105, in _scan
    trans = Transaction(stanza)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 53, in __init__
    "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 270, in <module>
    _TimeRE_cache = TimeRE()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 188, in __init__
    self.locale_time = LocaleTime()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 70, in __init__
    self.lang = _getlang()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/_strptime.py", line 29, in _getlang
    return locale.getlocale(locale.LC_TIME)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/locale.py", line 497, in getlocale
    return _parse_localename(localename)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/locale.py", line 410, in _parse_localename
    raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
ValueError: unknown locale: ml_IN

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 2.1.14.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 4 14:45:21 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=ml_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with ValueError in _parse_localename()
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