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pastebinit package

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

  1. Focal (20.04)
  2. Bug #1785821
Bug #1785821 reported by Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão
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pastebinit (Ubuntu)
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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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Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão (marcelpaulo) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Unit 193 (unit193) wrote :

Howdy,

This is fixable with a very simple patch, though I'm not sure what the downside of it is:

--- a/usr/bin/pastebinit/pastebinit 2016-03-01 00:52:32.000000000 -0500
+++ b/usr/bin/pastebinit/pastebinit 2019-07-06 19:39:43.280603245 -0400
@@ -349,7 +348,7 @@
             content = sys.stdin.read()
         else:
             try:
- with open(filename, "rb") as fd:
+ with open(filename, "r") as fd:
                     content = fd.read()
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 print(_("KeyboardInterrupt caught."), file=sys.stderr)

Thomas Ward (teward)
Changed in pastebinit (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in pastebinit (Ubuntu Hirsute):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in pastebinit (Ubuntu Focal):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in pastebinit (Ubuntu Hirsute):
status: Confirmed → New
Lukas Märdian (slyon)
Changed in pastebinit (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

---------------
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 <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:53:34 -0500

Changed in pastebinit (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

The Hirsute Hippo has reached End of Life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release.

Changed in pastebinit (Ubuntu Hirsute):
status: New → Won't Fix
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that specific release.

Changed in pastebinit (Ubuntu Impish):
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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