[Bug 1010316] Re: ubiquity

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

Error from syslog:
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 683, in <module>
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity:     install = Install()
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 76, in __init__
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity:     self.generate_blacklist()
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 218, in generate_blacklist
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity:     for line in manifest_file:
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/lib/python3.2/codecs.py", line 300, in decode
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity:     (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte

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detailed as possible.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Summary changed:

- ubiquity
+ ubiquity crashed in install.py", line 218, in generate_blacklist : UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  ubiquity crashed in install.py", line 218, in generate_blacklist :
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position
  1: invalid start byte

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Jun  8 04:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec
  can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.11.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.4.0-5.11-generic 3.4.0
  Uname: Linux 3.4.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.1.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.317
  Date: Fri Jun  8 12:52:18 2012
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/os/quantal/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/os/quantal/quantal-desktop-amd64.iso
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120606.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_HK.UTF-8
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_HK.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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