[Bug 1069019] Re: [software-properties-gtk] can not delete, enable or modify any software source with non-ASCII characters in the comment

[Paulo J. S. Silva]

I attach a script that should be able to fix the files and still keep
reasonable approximations of the original comments with non-ASCII
characters. It assumes that the bad files are using UTF-8 encoding. To
use it you should (as root, that is using sudo):

0) Copy recusively /etc/apt/sources.list.d to a safe location
1) Copy the fix-source-list.sh (attached file) to /etc/apt/sources.list.d and chdir there
2) Make it executable
3) run it typing "sudo ./fix-source-list.sh"
4) Delete fix-source-list.sh from /etc/apt/sources.list.d

It will create new version of the *.list files with the non-ASCII
characters converted to an ASCII approximation.

Now try "apt-get update", if it works OK, try to edit your sources using
software-properties.

If something goes wrong, delete the bad /etc/apt/sources.list.d and copy
back the backup you made in step 0 (you did it, right?).

** Attachment added: "Script to fix the files"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1069019/+attachment/3667639/+files/fix-source-list.sh

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Title:
  [software-properties-gtk] can not delete, enable or modify any
  software source with non-ASCII characters in the comment

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I've tried to reenable PPA's after upgrading the system, so there is
  no reaction on delete button and no any changes after modifying data
  via modify dialog. I can't even enable a source.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.92.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Oct 20 16:07:59 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (1 days ago)

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