[Bug 818155] Re: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with ValueError in index(): invalid null reference in method 'Document_add_value', argument 3 of type 'std::string const

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Title:
  update-apt-xapian-index crashed with ValueError in index(): invalid
  null reference in method 'Document_add_value', argument 3 of type
  'std::string const

Status in “apt-xapian-index” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This keeps coming up.

  There is likely a duplicate report from earlier.

  I still do not understand the issue.

  apt seems to function as ever, except for a long delay at the end of
  an apt-get update (which has been happening for months before this
  error appeared, but apport was not functioning for most (any?) of that
  time.

  
  I have a lot of 404s and authentication errors when downloading packages, but I am not user it's related to this.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: apt-xapian-index 0.41ubuntu6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.47-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jul 30 01:22:59 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update -q
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--update', '-q']
  SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
  Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with ValueError in index(): invalid null reference in method 'Document_add_value', argument 3 of type 'std::string const &'
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (90 days ago)
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