[Bug 1063114] Re: gdebi-kde crashed with TypeError in /usr/bin/gdebi-kde: decoding Unicode is not supported

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This bug was fixed in the package gdebi - 0.8.5ubuntu1.1

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gdebi (0.8.5ubuntu1.1) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  * gdebi-kde:
    - Do not use unicode in help options, fixes a regression which
      prevents gdebi-kde from being executed (LP: #1063114).
 -- Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz at debian.org>   Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:25:35 +0100

** Changed in: gdebi (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  gdebi-kde crashed with TypeError in /usr/bin/gdebi-kde: decoding
  Unicode is not supported

Status in “gdebi” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “gdebi” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  == Description ==

  gdebi-kde always crashes with TypeError when launched:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/gdebi-kde", line 67, in <module>
      help=unicode(_("Run non-interactive (dangerous!)"),"UTF-8"))
  TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported

  == Test case ==

  * Launch gdebi-kde --help, or gdebi-kde somepackage.deb
  * gdebi-kde must display help menu, or analyze a package

  == Regression potential ==

  gdebi-kde is currently broken, this fix makes it work again

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