bzr push fatals with bzr: ERROR: bzrlib.errors.ErrorFromSmartServer: Error received from smart server: ('error', '')

[chris@tosh14 trunk]$ bzr push lp:~kffa/kindle/kindle
bzr: ERROR: bzrlib.errors.ErrorFromSmartServer: Error received from smart server: ('error', '')

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 920, in exception_to_return_code
    return the_callable(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 1131, in run_bzr
    ret = run(*run_argv)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 673, in run_argv_aliases
    return self.run(**all_cmd_args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 695, in run
    return self._operation.run_simple(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 136, in run_simple
    self.cleanups, self.func, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 166, in _do_with_cleanups
    result = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 1379, in run
    use_existing_dir=use_existing_dir, no_tree=no_tree)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/push.py", line 94, in _show_push_branch
    no_tree=no_tree)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 1437, in create_clone_on_transport
    no_tree=no_tree)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 208, in clone_on_transport
    result_repo.fetch(local_repo, fetch_spec=fetch_spec)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/remote.py", line 2157, in fetch
    find_ghosts=find_ghosts, fetch_spec=fetch_spec)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/decorators.py", line 218, in write_locked
    result = unbound(self, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/vf_repository.py", line 2584, in fetch
    find_ghosts=find_ghosts)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/fetch.py", line 77, in __init__
    self.__fetch()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/fetch.py", line 104, in __fetch
    self._fetch_everything_for_search(search_result)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/fetch.py", line 132, in _fetch_everything_for_search
    stream, from_format, [])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/remote.py", line 2881, in insert_stream
    (verb, path, resume_tokens) + lock_args, byte_stream)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/smart/client.py", line 108, in call_with_body_stream
    expect_response_body=False)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/smart/client.py", line 55, in _call_and_read_response
    return request.call_and_read_response()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/smart/client.py", line 157, in call_and_read_response
    return self._call(protocol_version)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/smart/client.py", line 192, in _call
    expect_body=self.expect_response_body)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/smart/message.py", line 308, in read_response_tuple
    _raise_smart_server_error(self.args)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/bzrlib/smart/message.py", line 353, in _raise_smart_server_error
    raise errors.ErrorFromSmartServer(error_tuple)
ErrorFromSmartServer: Error received from smart server: ('error', '')

bzr 2.5.1 on python 2.7.3 (Linux-3.8.11-200.fc18.x86_64-x86_64-with-
    fedora-18-Spherical_Cow)
arguments: ['/usr/bin/bzr', 'push', 'lp:~kffa/kindle/kindle']
plugins: bash_completion[2.5.1], changelog_merge[2.5.1], explorer[1.3.0],
    launchpad[2.5.1], netrc_credential_store[2.5.1], news_merge[2.5.1],
    po_merge[2.5.1], qbzr[0.23.0], weave_fmt[2.5.1]
encoding: 'utf-8', fsenc: 'UTF-8', lang: 'en_US.UTF-8'

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