lsb_release crashed with IOError in main()

Binary package hint: lsb

I got this error after I was warned there were only 8 kBs free on /home.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: lsb-release 4.0-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 28 14:05:11 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/lsb_release
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/lsb_release -a
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nl_NL:nl
 LANG=nl_NL.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/lsb_release', '-a']
SourcePackage: lsb
Title: lsb_release crashed with IOError in main()
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