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software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __str__(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 1: ordinal not in range(128)

Bug #871088 reported by Pasi Tarhonen
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Gary Lasker
Oneiric
Fix Released
Low
Gary Lasker

Bug Description

this app crashed when opening it from dash by selecting new app to be installed

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 5.0.1.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 9 05:38:25 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110802.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center bum/Järjestelmän\ käynnistyksen\ hallinta
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', 'bum/J\xc3\xa4rjestelm\xc3\xa4n k\xc3\xa4ynnistyksen hallinta']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in __str__(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 1: ordinal not in range(128)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-01 (7 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Pasi Tarhonen (pasi-tarhonen) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

visibility: private → public
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Fix Committed
importance: Undecided → Low
assignee: nobody → Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Pasi, or anyone else affected,

Accepted software-center into oneiric-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

tags: added: verification-needed
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Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) wrote :

I have verified using the French locale that version 5.0.3.1 of software-center in oneiric-proposed fixes this issue for me. Thanks!

tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.0.3.1

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software-center (5.0.3.1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/purchaseview.py:
    - set transient parent when creating a new webview to better
      support PayPal (LP: #893988)

software-center (5.0.3) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * Improve icon extenstion detection, some iconnames are already
    without extenstion with still with a "." in the name, some are not.
    This fixes the icons display for wesnoth and xpuzzles (LP: #878707)

  [ Gary Lasker ]
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/app.py:
    - fix potential dbus crash when accessing the list of previous
      purchases (LP: #863898)
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/session/navhistory.py:
    - fix UnicodeDecodeError in NavigationItem __str__ (LP: #847050)
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/panes/softwarepane.py:
    - fix UnicodeDecodeError in DisplayState __str__ (LP: #873046)
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/models/pendingstore.py:
    - fix UnicodeDecodeError in _render_status_text (LP: #862029)
  * softwarecenter/distro/__init__.py:
    - fix UnicodeDecodeError in get_install_warning_text (LP: #857416)
  * softwarecenter/db/application.py:
    - fix UnicodeDecodeError in __str__ (LP: #871088)

  [ Gabor Kelemen ]
  * Fix misplaced parentheses and localize the app name
    using the app-install-data-ubuntu domain. LP: #880257
  * Display the success message properly localized. LP: #872823
  * Display failure message properly localized. LP: #872812
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:10:25 +0100

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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