update-manager crashed with CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted in __init__()

[Gaetan Van Pestel]

Binary package hint: update-manager

After an update yesterday, I get this:
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/bin/update-manager", line 105, in <module>
    controler.doPartialUpgrade()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1626, in doPartialUpgrade
    self.prepare()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 387, in prepare
    self.openCache()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 183, in openCache
    self._view.getOpCacheProgress())

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 103, in __init__
    raise CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted, e

CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted: E:dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

Ran sudo dpkg --configure -a
It didn't help

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Feb 11 19:20:45 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100114)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.131.4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined (enforce)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/update-manager --dist-upgrade
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.17-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager', '--dist-upgrade']
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: update-manager crashed with CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted in __init__()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686
UserGroups:

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