I confirm the same behaviour and error output as ikp1 reports! This with Ubuntu 16.10:
:~$ uname -a Linux rudix 4.8.0-41-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 3 15:27:17 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux :~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.10 Release: 16.10 :~$ sudo /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index The index /var/lib/apt-xapian-index is up to date Exception ignored in: <bound method ServerProgress.__del__ of <axi.indexer.ServerProgress object at 0x7f3f25b46c88>> Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/axi/indexer.py", line 306, in __del__ AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'unlink' hofer@rudix:~$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1530518 Title: /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index reports TypeError To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/+bug/1530518/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs