I'm also still getting this error. :~$ uname -a Linux request 3.13.0-79-generic #123-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 19 14:27:58 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux :~$ lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS :~$ apt-cache policy apt-xapian-index apt-xapian-index: Installed: 0.47ubuntu8.3 Candidate: 0.47ubuntu8.3 Version table: *** 0.47ubuntu8.3 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.47ubuntu8 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages
Not sure if its meaningful but apt-xapian-index script is old and the server has been updated through several Ubuntu LTS versions /etc/cron.weekly: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 21 09:15 . drwxr-xr-x 122 root root 12288 Jun 9 15:29 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 730 Sep 24 2011 apt-xapian-index -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1530518 Title: /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index reports TypeError To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/+bug/1530518/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs