[Bug 822913] Re: update-manager crashed with TypeError in normalize(): character mapping must return integer, None or unicode

[Sheldon Taylor]

~$ sudo update-manager

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/defer/__init__.py", line 472, in _inline_callbacks
    result = gen.throw(result.type, result.value, result.traceback)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/UpdateManager/backend/InstallBackendAptdaemon.py", line 52, in commit
    downgrade, defer=True)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Python.TypeError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/defer/__init__.py", line 474, in _inline_callbacks
    result = gen.send(result)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/core.py", line 1055, in _set_property
    self._set_locale(value)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aptdaemon/core.py", line 726, in _set_locale
    (lang, encoding) = locale._parse_localename(locale_str)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/locale.py", line 421, in _parse_localename
    code = normalize(localename)
  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

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Title:
  update-manager crashed with TypeError in normalize(): character
  mapping must return integer, None or unicode

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Hello
  Running an upgrade, at the end when no updates was founded, this popup appear.
  In terminal everythings works.
  Thanks
  Fabio

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.10-generic 3.0.1
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Aug  8 22:03:11 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64 (20110803.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/update-manager
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager']
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Title: update-manager crashed with TypeError in normalize(): character mapping must return integer, None or unicode
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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