Ubuntu
software-properties package

software-properties-gtk crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in init_distro(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe8 in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)

Bug #815642 reported by irtutsk
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-properties (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.81.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-6.7-generic 3.0.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-6-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 25 09:49:36 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110705)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk --open-tab 2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=zh_CN:zh
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-properties-gtk', '--open-tab', '2']
SourcePackage: software-properties
Title: software-properties-gtk crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in init_distro(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe8 in position 3: ordinal not in range(128)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-23 (1 days ago)
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Revision history for this message
irtutsk (irtutsk) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Launchpad Janitor (janitor)
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
Steve Beattie (sbeattie)
visibility: private → public
Revision history for this message
Kate Stewart (kate.stewart) wrote :

Not sure if this is still a problem or not. Can someone confirm its still being seen with beta2

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

this was fixed in
software-properties (0.81.6) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * softwareproperties/ppa.py:
    - show PPA description and confirm before adding
      (security-o-catch-all spec)

  [ Martin Pitt ]
  * softwareproperties/gtk/SoftwarePropertiesGtk.py: Fix encoding error,
    thanks to sokolov-m-v for the patch! (LP: #815480)
 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:25:51 +0200

and there is no recent duplicate. closing as 'fix released'

Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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