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software-center crashed with DatabaseModifiedError in _database_gen_postlist_iter()

Bug #622099 reported by helixblue on 2010-08-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #507836: [master] software-center crashed with DatabaseModifiedError in _database_gen_postlist_iter(). Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	software-center (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: software-center

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: software-center 2.1.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-17.23-generic 2.6.35.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug 22 08:50:00 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100113)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with DatabaseModifiedError in _database_gen_postlist_iter()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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helixblue (t+launchpad) wrote on 2010-08-22:

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helixblue (t+launchpad) wrote on 2010-08-22:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/view/appview.py", line 474, in on_get_value
    doc = self.db.get_xapian_document(app.appname, app.pkgname)
  File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/db/database.py", line 279, in get_xapian_document
    for m in self.xapiandb.postlist("AA"+appname):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/xapian.py", line 5573, in _database_gen_postlist_iter
    return PostingIter(self.postlist_begin(tname), self.postlist_end(tname),
DatabaseModifiedError: The revision being read has been discarded - you should call Xapian::Database::reopen() and retry the operation

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote on 2010-09-06: This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #630798, 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.