software-center crashed with TypeError in __getitem__(): 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

[Kenny Strawn]

Binary package hint: software-center

Apparently only part of the Software Center crashed in this case, because the Software Center window didn't close.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: software-center 3.1.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-1.28-generic 2.6.38-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-1-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 5 08:44:08 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with TypeError in __getitem__(): 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Hi ks64, thanks for your report. We are tracking this issue over at bug 713714, so I'll mark this bug report as a duplicate of that. Note that we have a fix committed for this bug and the fix will be released with the next development release of software-center, which should be available very soon.

Please continue to report any issues or problems that you encounter with Software Center, and thanks very much for your help!

Gary

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Oops, sorry, I meant to say we are tracking this at bug 688991. Thanks again!