[Bug 980020] [NEW] kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade fails when LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

[Ernst Kloppenburg]

Public bug reported:

$ kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade", line 77, in <module>
    print _("Checking for a new ubuntu release")
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xfc' in position 27: ordinal not in range(128)

$ env LANG= kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade 
... works fine

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager-kde 1:0.152.25.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 12 18:01:49 2012
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-04-12 (0 days ago)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade oneiric

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Title:
  kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade fails when LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade 
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade", line 77, in <module>
      print _("Checking for a new ubuntu release")
  UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xfc' in position 27: ordinal not in range(128)

  $ env LANG= kubuntu-devel-release-upgrade 
  ... works fine

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager-kde 1:0.152.25.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Apr 12 18:01:49 2012
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-04-12 (0 days ago)

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