[Bug 1612003] Re: update-apt-xapian-index-dbus crashed with TypeError in _update_apt_xapian_index(): split() takes at most 2 arguments (3 given)

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** Changed in: apt-xapian-index (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  update-apt-xapian-index-dbus crashed with TypeError in
  _update_apt_xapian_index(): split() takes at most 2 arguments (3
  given)

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

Bug description:
  To reproduce on yakkety I launched muon package manager a desktop file
  that appears in the menu on lxqt which I was not the most familiar and
  I scrolled some and then closed the program and apport showed up in a
  crash in apport.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: apt-xapian-index 0.47ubuntu10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-33.52-generic 4.4.15
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-33-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug 10 17:37:22 2016
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apt-xapian-index/update-apt-xapian-index-dbus
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-29 (42 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160627)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.5
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/apt-xapian-index/update-apt-xapian-index-dbus
  ProcEnviron:
   
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/apt-xapian-index/update-apt-xapian-index-dbus']
  SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
  Title: update-apt-xapian-index-dbus crashed with TypeError in _update_apt_xapian_index(): split() takes at most 2 arguments (3 given)
  Traceback:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/share/apt-xapian-index/update-apt-xapian-index-dbus", line 77, in _update_apt_xapian_index
       (op, progress) = line.split(line, sep=":", maxsplit=1)
   TypeError: split() takes at most 2 arguments (3 given)
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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