[Reportbug-maint] Bug#570791: UnicodeEncodeError: error message instead of bug report :)

Frank Hartmann soundart at gmx.net
Sun Feb 21 13:19:12 UTC 2010


Package: reportbug
Version: 4.10.2
Severity: normal


Hi,

I tried to report a bug, but it did not work as expected:

I normally use export LANG=C as otherwise some tools 'talk' german with
me, which I do not like at all. No real idea if this is related..

So us-ascii as reported below sounds ok to me, but the reportbug tool is
unhappy somehow.

I followed partly instruction I found at
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting to get to the details appended at
the end of this email.

Could you make this a bit more robust please, or indicate which
string/file/whatever contains the illegal character?

kind regards
  Frank

fantasio:~$ reportbug debian-installer                                                                                                      
/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/zope/__init__.py:3: UserWarning: Module reportbug was already imported from /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/r eportbug/__init__.py, but /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5 is being added to sys.path                                                           
  import pkg_resources                                                                                                                      
Detected character set: us-ascii                                                                                                            
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.                                                                                             

Using 'Frank Hartmann <soundart at gmx.net>' as your from address.
Getting status for debian-installer...                         
Verifying package integrity...                                 
Checking for newer versions at packages.debian.org...          
Will send report to Debian (per lsb_release).                  


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 2035, in <module>
    main()                                         
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 997, in main     
    return iface.user_interface()                  
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1569, in user_interface
    version=pkgversion)                                  
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/reportbug/ui/urwid_ui.py", line 610, in handle_bts_query
    quitlabel=quitlabel)                                                                     
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/reportbug/ui/urwid_ui.py", line 478, in menu            
    result, chosen = box.main(ui)                                                            
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/reportbug/ui/urwid_ui.py", line 203, in main            
    return self.ui.run_wrapper(self.run)                                                     
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/raw_display.py", line 234, in run_wrapper         
    return fn()                                                                              
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/reportbug/ui/urwid_ui.py", line 154, in run             
    canvas = self.view.render( size, focus=True )                                            
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)                                                       
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/decoration.py", line 202, in render               
    canv = self._original_widget.render(size, focus=focus)                                   
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)                                                       
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/decoration.py", line 719, in render               
    canv = self._original_widget.render((maxcol,maxrow-top-bottom),focus)                    
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)                                                       
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/decoration.py", line 528, in render               
    canv = self._original_widget.render((maxcol,)+size[1:], focus)                           
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)                                                       
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/container.py", line 569, in render                
    focus and self.focus_part == 'body')                                                     
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)                                                       
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/container.py", line 1173, in render               
    focus = focus and self.focus_col == i)                                                   
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)                                                       
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/container.py", line 569, in render                
    focus and self.focus_part == 'body')                                                     
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)                                                       
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/decoration.py", line 202, in render               
    canv = self._original_widget.render(size, focus=focus)                                   
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)                                                       
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/decoration.py", line 719, in render               
    canv = self._original_widget.render((maxcol,maxrow-top-bottom),focus)                    
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)                                                       
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/decoration.py", line 528, in render               
    canv = self._original_widget.render((maxcol,)+size[1:], focus)                           
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render            
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/container.py", line 569, in render
    focus and self.focus_part == 'body')
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/decoration.py", line 202, in render
    canv = self._original_widget.render(size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 173, in finalize_render
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/listbox.py", line 346, in render
    focus_canvas = focus_widget.render((maxcol,), focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/decoration.py", line 202, in render
    canv = self._original_widget.render(size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/container.py", line 1173, in render
    focus = focus and self.focus_col == i)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 135, in cached_render
    canv = fn(self, size, focus=focus)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/widget.py", line 615, in render
    return apply_text_layout(text, attr, trans, maxcol)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/canvas.py", line 1239, in apply_text_layout
    text[s.offs:s.end])
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/urwid/util.py", line 127, in apply_target_encoding
    s = s.encode( _target_encoding )
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\u2659' in position 5: ordinal not in range(128)



-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
EDITOR="emacs22"

** /home/frank/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "3.31"
mode standard
ui urwid

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii  apt                           0.7.23.1   Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  python                        2.5.4-9    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-reportbug              4.10.2     Python modules for interacting wit

reportbug recommends no packages.

Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
ii  debconf-utils                 1.5.28     debconf utilities
ii  debsums                       2.0.48     tool for verification of installed
ii  dlocate                       1.02       fast alternative to dpkg -L and dp
ii  emacs22-bin-common            22.3+1-1.2 The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii  emacs23-bin-common            23.1+1-5   The GNU Emacs editor's shared, arc
ii  exim4                         4.71-3     metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) 
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-tran 4.71-3     lightweight Exim MTA (v4) daemon
ii  file                          5.04-1     Determines file type using "magic"
ii  gnupg                         1.4.10-2   GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  pgpgpg [pgp]                  0.13-9     Wrapper for using GnuPG in program
ii  python-gtk2                   2.16.0-2   Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
pn  python-gtkspell               <none>     (no description available)
ii  python-urwid                  0.9.9.1-1  curses-based UI/widget library for
pn  python-vte                    <none>     (no description available)
ii  xdg-utils                     1.0.2-6.1  desktop integration utilities from

-- no debconf information





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