Steps to reproduce: bzr get lp:software-center cd software-center echo -n '' > data/xapian/iamflint ./software-center
The following bracktrace shows up: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/zyga/Source/s-c/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 120, in __init__ self.db.open() File "/home/zyga/Source/s-c/software-center/softwarecenter/db/database.py", line 59, in open self.xapiandb = xapian.Database(self._db_pathname) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/xapian.py", line 2454, in __init__ _xapian.Database_swiginit(self,_xapian.new_Database(*args)) DatabaseCorruptError: Flint version file ./data/xapian/iamflint should be ((sizeof("IAmFlint""") - 1) + 4) bytes, actually 0 (The backtrace is consistent with the Traceback.txt file attached by apport) -- software-center crashed with DatabaseCorruptError in __init__() (when the xapian db is corrupted) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs