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gdebi-kde crashed with TypeError in /usr/bin/gdebi-kde: decoding Unicode is not supported

Bug #1063114 reported by Toga on 2012-10-07

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gdebi (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Unassigned
	Quantal	Fix Released	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

== Description ==

gdebi-kde always crashes with TypeError when launched:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/gdebi-kde", line 67, in <module>
help=unicode(_("Run non-interactive (dangerous!)"),"UTF-8"))
TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported

== Test case ==

* Launch gdebi-kde --help, or gdebi-kde somepackage.deb
* gdebi-kde must display help menu, or analyze a package

== Regression potential ==

gdebi-kde is currently broken, this fix makes it work again

See original description

Tags:

Related branches

lp:debian/gdebi

lp:ubuntu/raring/gdebi

lp:ubuntu/quantal-proposed/gdebi

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Toga (toga77) wrote on 2012-10-07:

Dependencies.txt Edit (15.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (32.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (810 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-10-07

tags:	removed: need-duplicate-check
Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) on 2012-11-02

information type:

Private → Public

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-11-02:

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

Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Toga (toga77) on 2012-11-02

Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Toga (toga77)

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote on 2012-11-02:

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~gdebi-developers/gdebi/trunk/revision/439

Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu):
importance:	Medium → High
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu Quantal):
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	New → Triaged

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-11-03:

This bug was fixed in the package gdebi - 0.8.7

---------------
gdebi (0.8.7) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * GDebi/GDebi.py:
    - do not set a busy cursor if there is no X11 window (LP: #1055181).

  [ Jason Conti ]
  * GDebi/GDebiCommon.py:
    - Define apt.Cache in class initialization (LP: #1072799).

  [ Luca Falavigna ]
  * gdebi-kde:
    - Do not use unicode in help options (Closes: #691998, LP: #1063114).
  * GDebi/GDebiCli.py:
    - Improve exception handling.
  * debian/control:
    - Add file to gdebi-core dependencies (LP: #1067306).

-- Luca Falavigna <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:36:06 +0100

Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) on 2012-11-03

description:

updated

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Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz) wrote on 2012-11-03:

0.8.5ubuntu1.1.debdiff Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain)

0.8.5ubuntu1.1 has been uploaded to quantal-proposed with a fix for this bug.

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote on 2012-11-05: Please test proposed package

Hello Toga, or anyone else affected,

Accepted into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu Quantal):
status:	Triaged → Fix Committed
tags:	added: verification-needed

Toga (toga77) on 2012-11-05

Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu Quantal):
assignee:	nobody → Toga (toga77)
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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David Guerrero (daguerreroa) wrote on 2012-11-05:

The update released in proposed fixes the bug for me. changed tag to verification-done.

tags:	added: verification-confirmed removed: verification-needed
tags:	added: verification-done removed: verification-confirmed

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote on 2012-11-12: Update Released

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu):
assignee:	Toga (toga77) → nobody
Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu Quantal):
assignee:	Toga (toga77) → nobody
status:	Fix Released → Fix Committed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-11-12:

This bug was fixed in the package gdebi - 0.8.5ubuntu1.1

---------------
gdebi (0.8.5ubuntu1.1) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  * gdebi-kde:
    - Do not use unicode in help options, fixes a regression which
      prevents gdebi-kde from being executed (LP: #1063114).
-- Luca Falavigna <email address hidden> Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:25:35 +0100