[Bug 1652641] Re: crash in indexer.py, AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'unlink'

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Title:
  crash in indexer.py, AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no
  attribute 'unlink'

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

Bug description:
  While installing Muon the following exception was raised.

  Ophalen:1 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 muon amd64
  4:5.6.0-0ubuntu2 [332 kB]
  Ophalen:2 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 muon-updater
  all 4:5.8.4-0ubuntu1 [3268 B]
  335 kB opgehaald in 0s (861 kB/s)
  Voorheen niet geselecteerd pakket muon wordt geselecteerd.
  (Database wordt ingelezen ... 238429 bestanden en mappen momenteel
  geïnstalleerd.)
  Uitpakken van .../0-muon_4%3a5.6.0-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb wordt voorbereid...
  Bezig met uitpakken van muon (4:5.6.0-0ubuntu2) ...
  Voorheen niet geselecteerd pakket muon-updater wordt geselecteerd.
  Uitpakken van .../1-muon-updater_4%3a5.8.4-0ubuntu1_all.deb wordt voorbereid...
  Bezig met uitpakken van muon-updater (4:5.8.4-0ubuntu1) ...
  Bezig met afhandelen van triggers voor mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
  Instellen van muon-updater (4:5.8.4-0ubuntu1) ...
  Instellen van muon (4:5.6.0-0ubuntu2) ...

  The index /var/lib/apt-xapian-index is up to date
  Exception ignored in: <bound method ServerProgress.__del__ of
  <axi.indexer.ServerProgress object at 0x7f04a5ae4c18>>
  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'

  
  Bezig met afhandelen van triggers voor hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
  done..

  
  This bug was originally reported against Muon as https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=374084 but the crash actually happens in a-x-i.

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