[Bug 1543899] Re: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in record(): 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe3 in position 349: invalid continuation byte

[Fenyvesi Attila]

I installed version 0.49 from Debian. I had to purge version 0.47 (from
Ubuntu) first. That way I could update the index. So the following steps
worked for me: purge the Ubuntu package, then install the Debian
version.

The answer of knarf on ubuntuforums.org says:
"The xapian index is used for the search box in synaptic. If you can live without that functionality you can purge the apt-xapian-index package"
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1617639&p=10159339#post10159339

I found that I don't need the quick search function of synaptic provided by the apt-xapian-index package as much as I need the 145 MB of disk space that the index uses, so I removed the package.
The removal of the package affected only the quick search box. The search button is still there in synaptic and that is enough for me.

Thank you for your advice, QkiZ!

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Title:
  update-apt-xapian-index crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in record():
  'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe3 in position 349: invalid
  continuation byte

Status in apt-xapian-index package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Errors Bucket
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  https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/046d41d2bc088194bfeb0d785005fddfe64e6e6d

  Não sei se se trata de "bug".

  ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: apt-xapian-index 0.47ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-2.16-generic 4.4.0
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-2-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CrashCounter: 1
  Date: Wed Feb 10 00:54:40 2016
  ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-04-28 (1748 days ago)InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.5
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --quiet
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index', '--quiet']SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
  Title: update-apt-xapian-index crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in record(): 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe3 in position 349: invalid continuation byte
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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