[Bug 383773] Re: synaptic quick search doesn't work

[Allan Macdonald]

On Ubuntu Lucid (recent upgrade from hardy preinstalled on a Dell 1525
inspiron):

When typing a string in Synaptic quick search, such as "gcc" or some
other well known package, absolutely nothing happens.  Pressing enter
after entering the string does nothing either.  It doesn't work even if
you enter currently displayed packages that appear when you first open
Synaptic.  For example, in the quick search box, type 2vcard, 3dchess,
or whatever, nothing.

Other posts suggest running:

sudo update-apt-xapian-index

When I do that, I get:

Rebuilding Xapian index... 73% 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 720, in <module>
    buildIndex(dbdir, addons, progress)
  File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 395, in buildIndex
    db.add_document(get_document(pkg, addons))
  File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 298, in get_document
    addon.obj.index(document, pkg)
  File "/usr/share/apt-xapian-index/plugins/apttags.py", line 106, in index
    rec = ver.record
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/package.py", line 389, in record
    return Record(self._records.record)
SystemError: Negative size passed to PyString_FromStringAndSize

Please reopen.  Just because the original poster could not describe the
problem adequately does not mean the problem exits.  It surely does!

If you need more info, please ask and I will do what I can to help.

** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => New

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Title:
  synaptic quick search doesn't work

Status in “synaptic” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: synaptic

  ..well, quick search does not work

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
  MediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" - Release i386 (20090420.1)
  Package: synaptic 0.62.5ubuntu3
  ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: synaptic
  Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686