pycentral crashed with AttributeError in byte_compile()

Binary package hint: python-central

py-central (0.5.50ubuntu3) still crashing

terminal output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1593, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1587, in main
    rv = action.run(global_options)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 982, in run
    self.pkg.byte_compile(bc_option, self.options.exclude)
  File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 624, in byte_compile
    rt.byte_compile(files, bc_option, exclude_regex)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'byte_compile'
dpkg: error processing python-apt (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager-core:
 update-manager-core depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.4ubuntu5); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-manager-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager:
 update-manager depends on update-manager-core (= 1:0.87.8); however:
  Package update-manager-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-apt
 update-manager-core
 update-manager

uname -a: 2.6.24-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 14 20:40:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Feb 19 08:11:20 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pycentral
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: python-central 0.5.50ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/pycentral bccompile python-apt
ProcCwd: /
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/pycentral', 'bccompile', 'python-apt']
SourcePackage: python-central
Title: pycentral crashed with AttributeError in byte_compile()
Uname: Linux si1420 2.6.24-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Feb 14 20:40:45 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
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