Here is the traceback generated on Maverick:
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/software-center", line 90, in <module> app = SoftwareCenterApp(datadir, xapian_base_path, options, args) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/app.py", line 149, in __init__ self.history = get_apt_history() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 178, in get_apt_history apt_history = AptHistory() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 83, in __init__ self.rescan() File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 98, in rescan self._scan(history_gz_file) File "/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/apt/apthistory.py", line 110, in _scan for stanza in deb822.Deb822.iter_paragraphs(f): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/debian/deb822.py", line 287, in iter_paragraphs x = cls(iterable, fields, encoding=encoding) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/debian/deb822.py", line 255, in __init__ self._internal_parser(sequence, fields) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/debian/deb822.py", line 308, in _internal_parser for line in self.gpg_stripped_paragraph(sequence): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/debian/deb822.py", line 551, in gpg_stripped_paragraph return cls.split_gpg_and_payload(sequence)[1] File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/debian/deb822.py", line 503, in split_gpg_and_payload for line in sequence: File "/usr/lib/python2.6/gzip.py", line 438, in next line = self.readline() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/gzip.py", line 393, in readline c = self.read(readsize) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/gzip.py", line 219, in read self._read(readsize) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/gzip.py", line 271, in _read uncompress = self.decompress.decompress(buf) zlib.error: Error -3 while decompressing: invalid distance too far back -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/725186 Title: Software-Center crash at launch if apt-history gzip archives are corrupted -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs