software-center crashed with TypeError in run(): gi._glib.spawn_async: first argument must be a sequence of strings

[JOHN]

I was posting a review for the Synaptic package manager, which I had just installed. The error occurred when I submitted my comment.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 4.1.23.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Sep 22 18:16:31 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center synaptic/Synaptic\ Package\ Manager
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', 'synaptic/Synaptic Package Manager']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with TypeError in run(): gi._glib.spawn_async: first argument must be a sequence of strings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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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 #827527, 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.