[Bug 1021474] Re: update-apt-xapian-index crashes with Unpickling Error in init() invalid load key

[Dennis Baurichter]

The file contains non-printable / corrupted characters in the entry for
'libcommons-javaflow-java-doc':

$ grep -vEC 1 '^[[:print:]]*$' SickofSociety_cataloged_times.p 
p20573
�1336418�58.2340701
sS'l�bcommon�-javafl�w-java-doc'
p20574
$ grep -C 1 'common.*-java.*java-doc' /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p    # example for valid entry
F1336421894.408062
sS'libcommons-javaflow-java-doc'
p20179

Try deleting the file and then running update-apt-xapian-index again:
$ sudo rm /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p
$ sudo update-apt-xapian-index --verbose --force

Note: Because of '--verbose' there will be more messages than usual.
Please show us the commands' output.

** Changed in: apt-xapian-index (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  update-apt-xapian-index crashes with Unpickling Error in init()
  invalid load key

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

Bug description:
  Daily crashes of update-apt-xapian-index

  Everytime with Unpickling Error in init() : invalid load key.

  If i type sudo update-apt-xapian-index it crashes immediatly.
  Terminal gives back:
  No handlers could be found for logger "softwarecenter.db.update"
  Reading .desktop files from /usr/share/app-install/desktop/: done.  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 101, in <module>
      if not indexer.setupIndexing(force=opts.force, system=opts.pkgfile is None):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/axi/indexer.py", line 513, in setupIndexing
      addon.obj.init(dict(values=self.values), self.progress)
    File "/usr/share/apt-xapian-index/plugins/cataloged_time.py", line 72, in init
      self._package_cataloged_time = cPickle.load(open(self._packages_cataloged_file))
  cPickle.UnpicklingError: invalid load key, '�'.

  
  My Sytem:
  Xubuntu 12.04 with all updates
  AMD Phenom II X4 955BE
  16 Gig Corsair RAM
  ASUS M5A97Pro Mainboard

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