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locale.normalize does not accept unicode: TypeError in normalize(): character mapping must return integer, None or unicode

Bug #824734 reported by RobinJ
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This bug affects 26 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Python
Fix Released
Unknown
python2.7 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Barry Warsaw
Ubuntu ubuntu-11.10-beta-1
Oneiric
Fix Released
High
Barry Warsaw
Ubuntu ubuntu-11.10-beta-1

Bug Description

locale.normalize does accept unicode strings anymore in python 2.7.2:

python2.7 -c "import locale; locale.normalize(u'en_US')"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 358, in normalize
    fullname = localename.translate(_ascii_lower_map)
TypeError: character mapping must return integer, None or unicode

This breaks various packages, like updatemanager, playonlinux (bug 825421) and aptdaemon (bug 825056)

reported upstream:
http://bugs.python.org/issue12752

See original description
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RobinJ (robinj) wrote :
RobinJ (robinj)
visibility: private → public
Launchpad Janitor (janitor)
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Zsolt Szilagyi (esgott) wrote :

It happened for me when clicking on "Install updates".

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BertN45 (lammert-nijhof) wrote :

It happened pressing the Check button

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Detlef Lechner (detlef-lechner) wrote :

I am affected too.
~$ uname -a
Linux T61 3.0.0-7-server #9-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 23:09:08 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Julian Taylor (jtaylor) wrote :

This is a regression introduced in python 2.7.2:
http://bugs.python.org/issue12752

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Julian Taylor (jtaylor) wrote :

caused by python 2.7.2 regression

affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) → python2.7 (Ubuntu)
description: updated
tags: added: python2.7
summary: - update-manager crashed with TypeError in normalize(): character mapping
- must return integer, None or unicode
+ locale.normalize does not accept unicode: TypeError in normalize():
+ character mapping must return integer, None or unicode
Paul Tagliamonte (paultag)
Changed in python2.7 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
tags: added: regression-release
Changed in python2.7 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
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Barry Warsaw (barry) wrote :

I have submitted a potential patch to the Python tracker. I'd like to get a little feedback on it before applying it both upstream and in Ubuntu.

Changed in python2.7 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) → Barry Warsaw (barry)
milestone: none → ubuntu-11.10-beta-1
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package python2.7 - 2.7.2-5

---------------
python2.7 (2.7.2-5) unstable; urgency=low

  * Update to 20110816, taken from the 2.7 branch.
    - Fix issue#12752. LP: #824734.
  * Don't run test_threading on the kfreebsd-i386 buildd.
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:33:31 +0200

Changed in python2.7 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Changed in python:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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