software-center crashed with AttributeError in _decode_value(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'decode'

Bug #908343 reported by Daniel Winzen
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Bug Description

After I had clicked on Installed it crashed. When I restart the software-center and click again on Installed it crashes again.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.1.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-6.12-generic-pae 3.2.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-6-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sat Dec 24 09:04:01 2011
DuplicateOf: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905605
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with AttributeError in _decode_value(): 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'decode'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-18 (5 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video

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Daniel Winzen (q-d-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #905605, 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.

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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