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lfm crashes at startup, because of UnicodeDecodeError

Bug #786491 reported by Patrick Sabin
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lfm (Debian)
Fix Released
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lfm (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Maverick
Won't Fix
Undecided
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Natty
Fix Released
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Oneiric
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: lfm

If I start lfm it raises immediately a UnicodeDecodeError:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/lfm", line 27, in <module>
    lfm_start(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 924, in lfm_start
    path = curses.wrapper(main, prefs, paths1, paths2)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/curses/wrapper.py", line 43, in wrapper
    return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 848, in main
    ret = app.run()
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 197, in run
    self.display()
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 153, in display
    self.lpane.display()
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 358, in display
    self.display_files()
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 465, in display_files
    buf = tab.get_fileinfo_str_short(res, w, self.pos_col1)
  File "/usr/share/lfm/lfm/lfm.py", line 753, in get_fileinfo_str_short
    buf = '%(type_chr)c%(fname)s %(size)7s %(mtime2)12s' % res

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: lfm 2.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 22 12:20:23 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_AT:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lfm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-03 (19 days ago)

Related branches

lp:~brunoqc/ubuntu/natty/lfm/lfm-fix-786491
Daniel Holbach (community): Approve
Ubuntu branches: Pending requested
Diff: 60 lines (+41/-0)
3 files modified
debian/changelog (+6/-0)
debian/patches/fix-lp786491.patch (+34/-0)
debian/patches/series (+1/-0)
lp:~brunoqc/ubuntu/maverick/lfm/lfm-fix-786491
Daniel Holbach (community): Approve
Diff: 60 lines (+41/-0)
3 files modified
debian/changelog (+6/-0)
debian/patches/fix-lp786491.patch (+34/-0)
debian/patches/series (+1/-0)
lp:ubuntu/natty-proposed/lfm
lp:ubuntu/maverick-proposed/lfm
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Patrick Sabin (patrick-just4fun) wrote :
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Patrick Sabin (patrick-just4fun) wrote :

I discovered that the program only crashes on some directories. On some others it works fine. I am not yet sure what the reason is. I tried it on a directory with a file named ö and it worked.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in lfm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Bruno Bigras (brunoqc) wrote :

This bug was fixed upstream in https://bitbucket.org/inigoserna/lfm/changeset/8d2021770794

The attached debdiff fixes the problem for me.

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tags: added: patch
Bruno Bigras (brunoqc)
Changed in lfm (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in lfm (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Confirmed
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Bruno Bigras (brunoqc) wrote :
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Bruno Bigras (brunoqc) wrote :
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in lfm (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Ruben (info-rubenfelix) wrote : Re: [Bug 786491] Re: lfm crashes at startup, because of UnicodeDecodeError

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach)
Changed in lfm (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in lfm (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Patrick, or anyone else affected,

Accepted lfm into maverick-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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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Hello Patrick, or anyone else affected,

Accepted lfm into natty-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!

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Bruno Bigras (brunoqc) wrote :

I confirm that the updated package from natty-proposed fixes the crash on Natty.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
tags: added: verification-done-natty
Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)
Changed in lfm (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: Fix Committed → Won't Fix
tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-done-natty verification-needed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package lfm - 2.2-1ubuntu0.11.04.1

---------------
lfm (2.2-1ubuntu0.11.04.1) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  * Fix a crash at startup, because of UnicodeDecodeError (LP: #786491)
 -- Bruno Bigras <email address hidden> Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:19:56 -0400

Changed in lfm (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in lfm (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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