[Bug 926340] Re: aptd crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _set_error(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 9: ordinal not in range(128)

[Steve Langasek]

Hello Diego, or anyone else affected,

Accepted aptdaemon into precise-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at
http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu3 in a
few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from
verification-needed to verification-done.  If it does not, change the
tag to verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing
will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: aptdaemon (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  aptd crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _set_error(): 'ascii' codec
  can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 9: ordinal not in range(128)

Status in Aptdaemon:
  New
Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “aptdaemon” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact] Widespread crashes instead of proper error messages any time something goes wrong with aptdaemon.
  [Test Case] Make sure you have the appropriate language pack installed, for some locale that uses a lot of non-ASCII characters (I chose Japanese).  To make it easier to see the error in action, kill any currently-running aptd processes, and run 'sudo /usr/sbin/aptd' in one terminal.  In another terminal, run 'LC_ALL=ja_JP.UTF-8 LANGUAGE= aptdcon --install germinat' (typo intentional).  With a broken aptdaemon version, this will cause aptd to crash.  If you're running 12.10, then to provoke this bug you need to run aptd using python rather than the default python3.
  [Regression Potential] I think we just need to make sure that translated messages are still displayed correctly.

  Original report follows:

  i got same bug on ubuntu 12.04

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: aptdaemon 0.43+bzr769-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-ux31 3.2.2
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-ux31 x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Feb  3 22:03:36 2012
  DesktopFile: /usr/share/aptdaemon/aptdaemon.desktop
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/aptd
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120125)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/aptd
  ProcEnviron:

  PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/aptd']
  SourcePackage: aptdaemon
  Title: aptd crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _set_error(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 9: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-03 (0 days ago)
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