Error occurred in deployment step 'Add Solution': Index (zero based)

Question

Error occurred in deployment step 'Add Solution': Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument.

Getting this error on deployment both from CA and VS. Any ideas on what might cause this?

More detailed exception:

System.FormatException: Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument list.
at System.Text.StringBuilder.AppendFormat(IFormatProvider provider, String format, Object[] args)
at System.String.Format(IFormatProvider provider, String format, Object[] args)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSolutionLanguagePack.EnsureSolutionPackage()
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSolutionLanguagePack.DeployLocalCore(Boolean globalInstallWPPackDlls, Collection1 webApplications, Boolean useAdminService, Boolean force, Boolean checkIfDeployed)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPSolutionLanguagePack.DeployLocal(Boolean globalInstallWPPackDlls, Collection1 webApplications, Boolean force)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.SolutionPageBase.CreateDeploymentJob(Boolean deploy, String strSelectedWeb, Boolean globalInstall, DateTime dt, Boolean localDeployment)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.DeploySolutionPage.BtnSubmit_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
at System.Web.UI.Page.RaisePostBackEvent(IPostBackEventHandler sourceControl, String eventArgument)
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

Answer 1

It was fixed by ensuring that all solution dependencies were deployed. The exception is thrown when SharePoint tries to resolve the resource file for the error message that dependencies are missing. Probably a bug or maybe an update gone wrong with resource files in SharePoint.

Statement that fails in SharePoint:

string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, SPResource.GetString("ActivationSolutionDependencyXXXX", new object[0]), new object[0]);