happened on upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: dkms 2.2.0.3-1.1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 6 11:19:45 2014
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-29 (372 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130328)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: python3 /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py -m nvidia-331-updates -v 331.38 -k 3.13.0-23-generic
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py', '-m', 'nvidia-331-updates', '-v', '331.38', '-k', '3.13.0-23-generic']
SourcePackage: dkms
Title: dkms_packages.py crashed with TypeError in __main__: Type str doesn't support the buffer API
Traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py", line 87, in <module>
if 'Segmentation fault' in report['DKMSBuildLog']:
TypeError: Type str doesn't support the buffer API
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-06 (0 days ago)
UserGroups:
This bug was fixed in the package dkms - 2.2.0.3-2ubuntu8
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dkms (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu8) xenial; urgency=medium
* apport_
This is in principle a human readable file, and the subsequent code wants
to treat it as a string, not bytes. (LP: #1303275)
-- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:06:45 +0100