Problem of Unicode if root/addons path contains accented character(s).

Could you provide the traceback ?

Thanks

Here is the traceback from my server

[2010-04-14 15:46:04,185] ERROR:web-services:[17]: Traceback (most recent call last):
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,185] ERROR:web-services:[18]: File "/home/stephane/Téléchargements/openerp-server-5.0.9/bin/service/web_services.py", line 97, in __call__
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,185] ERROR:web-services:[19]: update_module=True)[1]
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,185] ERROR:web-services:[20]: File "/home/stephane/Téléchargements/openerp-server-5.0.9/bin/pooler.py", line 62, in restart_pool
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,185] ERROR:web-services:[21]: return get_db_and_pool(db_name, force_demo, status, update_module=update_module)
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,185] ERROR:web-services:[22]: File "/home/stephane/Téléchargements/openerp-server-5.0.9/bin/pooler.py", line 40, in get_db_and_pool
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,185] ERROR:web-services:[23]: addons.load_modules(db, force_demo, status, update_module)
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,185] ERROR:web-services:[24]: File "/home/stephane/Téléchargements/openerp-server-5.0.9/bin/addons/__init__.py", line 700, in load_modules
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,186] ERROR:web-services:[25]: has_updates = load_module_graph(cr, graph, status, perform_checks=(not update_module), report=report)
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,186] ERROR:web-services:[26]: File "/home/stephane/Téléchargements/openerp-server-5.0.9/bin/addons/__init__.py", line 655, in load_module_graph
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,186] ERROR:web-services:[27]: modobj.update_translations(cr, 1, [mid], None)
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,186] ERROR:web-services:[28]: File "/home/stephane/Téléchargements/openerp-server-5.0.9/bin/addons/base/module/module.py", line 476, in update_translations
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,186] ERROR:web-services:[29]: modpath = addons.get_module_path(mod.name)
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,186] ERROR:web-services:[30]: File "/home/stephane/Téléchargements/openerp-server-5.0.9/bin/addons/__init__.py", line 157, in get_module_path
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,186] ERROR:web-services:[31]: if os.path.exists(opj(ad, module)) or os.path.exists(opj(ad, '%s.zip' % module)):
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,186] ERROR:web-services:[32]: File "/usr/lib/python2.6/posixpath.py", line 70, in join
[2010-04-14 15:46:04,186] ERROR:web-services:[33]: path += '/' + b

On Wednesday 14 April 2010, you wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I have downloaded openerp on ubuntu 9.10 in French. I directly untar it
> in my "téléchargements" folder.
>

I think it should be not safe nor easy to proof all the code for non-latin in
paths.

An alternative would be to symlink that directory of yours to a latin name. It
is easy and works around the problem perfectly.

Hi guys,

I have investigated and came across a fact that this could have been called a problem in python,but however we can cover the problem by a little trick.

This has been a headache just due to os.path.join should use type unicode if it has accented characters.

I have attached 2 patches:
1. path_into_unicode : It uses system based encoding.
2. path_into_unicode1 : It uses locale based encoding.

These patches send unicode type of path to join() and this gets rid of the ugly traceback.

Interrupt me if I am missing something.

Thanks.

Here goes another.

Share your views.

Thanks.

Un-attaching the milestone.
Experts,would you please share a word?

Thanks.

The fix was released in revision 3192 <email address hidden>
Thanks for reporting!