[Bug 1785821] Re: "pastebinit -i file" to paste.openstack.org fails: Object of type 'bytes' is not JSON serializable

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This bug was fixed in the package pastebinit - 1.5.1-1ubuntu1

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pastebinit (1.5.1-1ubuntu1) devel; urgency=medium

  * d/p/0001-Fix-pasting-files-to-JSON-based-bins.patch:
    - Fix pasting files to JSON based bins. (LP: #1785821)
  * d/p/0002-Allow-private-to-be-configured.patch:
    - Allow 'private' to be configured.
  * d/p/0003-Update-Openstack-s-pastebin-site-paste.openstack.org.patch:
    - Update Openstack's pastebin site, paste.openstack.org → paste.opendev.org
  * d/p/0004-Fix-distro.linux_distribution-deprecation.patch:
    - Fix distro.linux_distribution deprecation. (LP: #1844128)
  * d/copyright: Correct paths.
  * d/control:
    - Replace d/compat with debhelper-compat, bump to 13.
    - R³: no.
  * Update Standards-Version to 4.6.0.

 -- Unit 193 <unit193 at ubuntu.com>  Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:53:34 -0500

** Changed in: pastebinit (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  "pastebinit -i file" to paste.openstack.org fails: Object of type
  'bytes' is not JSON serializable

Status in pastebinit package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in pastebinit source package in Focal:
  Confirmed
Status in pastebinit source package in Hirsute:
  New
Status in pastebinit source package in Impish:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  pastebinit from a file to paste.openstack.org fails:

  paulo:~/tmp$ pastebinit -i /etc/lsb-release -b paste.openstack.org
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/pastebinit", line 417, in <module>
      params = json.dumps(params)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/__init__.py", line 231, in dumps
      return _default_encoder.encode(obj)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/encoder.py", line 199, in encode
      chunks = self.iterencode(o, _one_shot=True)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/encoder.py", line 257, in iterencode
      return _iterencode(o, 0)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.6/json/encoder.py", line 180, in default
      o.__class__.__name__)
  TypeError: Object of type 'bytes' is not JSON serializable

  It doesn't seem to depend on the file type: I tried with quite a few
  and the error was the same each time.

  It works as expected when reading from stdin:

  paulo:~/tmp$ cat /etc/lsb-release | pastebinit -b paste.openstack.org
  http://paste.openstack.org/show/727520

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: pastebinit 1.5-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-30.32-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-30-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Tue Aug  7 10:37:10 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-28 (101 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: pastebinit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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