[Bug 827355] Re: add-apt-repository crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in __main__: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 1392-1394: ordinal not in range(128)

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package software-properties - 0.81.13.1

---------------
software-properties (0.81.13.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * debian/control:
    - add missing build-depends to dh-translations

  [ Philip Muskovac ]
  * lp:~yofel/software-properties/lp-819793:
    - Fix for bug 819793 as disable_child_source() now need the template
      name as parameter, not the template itself )LP: #819793

  [ Robert Roth ]
  * Fix warnings logged to terminal about inexistent handlers by checking
    if the handlers exist
  * Reset the popcon checkbox value if changed, but auth failed (LP: #874759)
  * Apt-add-repository --remove changed to also remove the debsrc
    line (LP: #838507)
  * Update the manpage of apt-add-repository with the available
    options. (LP: #697546)
  * Reset the text on the mirror testing dialog after closing/canceling
    it (LP: #875679)
  * Unicode encode PPA description and displaynam to avoid
    UnicodeDecodeErrors (LP: #827355)
  * Do not expand the server combobox (LP: #875131)

software-properties (0.81.13) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * lp:~kelemeng/software-properties/bug853231:
    - Build with dh_translations, to localize the .policy file at
      runtime. LP: #853231
    - Add missing files to POTFILES.in (LP: #853231)
      Many thanks to Gabor Kelemen
 -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt at ubuntu.com>   Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:46:08 +0200

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/827355

Title:
  add-apt-repository crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in __main__:
  'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 1392-1394: ordinal
  not in range(128)

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Appeared on adding ppa:chromium-daily/dev

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: python-software-properties 0.81.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-8.11-generic 3.0.1
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Aug 16 17:25:29 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/add-apt-repository
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/add-apt-repository ppa:chromium-daily/dev
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/add-apt-repository', 'ppa:chromium-daily/dev']
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Title: add-apt-repository crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in __main__: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 1392-1394: ordinal not in range(128)
  Traceback:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 77, in <module>
       print " %s" % (ppa_info["description"] or "")
   UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 1392-1394: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-16 (0 days ago)
  UserGroups:

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/827355/+subscriptions