Checking through the "bad" file, the line that caused the problem for me was in this section:
sS'gobi-loader:i386' p27470 F1381297656/941432 For some reason, there was a forward slash instead of a decimal point. In case it helps someone else, the following code was used to find the bad value: #!/usr/bin/env python import pickle myFile = open("var/lib/apt-xapian-index/cataloged_times.p", "r+") pc = pickle.load(myFile) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/971864 Title: ValueError: could not convert string to float: k_latency=0.850 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/971864/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs