apport keeps crashing when i try to file a bug on Unity

Bug #1082658 reported by John Vivirito
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Bug Description

everytime i try to report bug using ubuntu-bug on Unity i get the following output:

gnomefreak@Development:~$ ubuntu-bug unity
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/apport/apport-gtk", line 588, in <module>
    app.run_argv()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 637, in run_argv
    return self.run_report_bug()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 439, in run_report_bug
    self.collect_info(symptom_script)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 990, in collect_info
    icthread.exc_raise()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/REThread.py", line 63, in exc_raise
    raise self._exception[1].with_traceback(self._exception[2])
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/REThread.py", line 33, in run
    self._retval = self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/ui.py", line 87, in thread_collect_info
    report.add_package_info(package)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 310, in add_package_info
    dep, v, self._customized_package_suffix(dep))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 244, in _customized_package_suffix
    mod = packaging.get_modified_files(package)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 256, in get_modified_files
    s = os.stat('/' + words[-1].decode('UTF-8'))
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xed' in position 40: ordinal not in range(128)

I had no issues filing this bug. I also tried to report bug on gnome to test apport and it also worked

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: apport 2.6.2-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-3.9-generic 3.7.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-3-generic i686
ApportLog:

ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CrashReports:
 640:1000:122:10613:2012-11-24 08:29:45.195778846 -0500:2012-11-24 08:29:46.195778846 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_bin_apport-bug.1000.crash
 600:111:122:0:2012-11-23 00:44:02.383962339 -0500:2012-11-14 10:29:12.061995836 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_lib_ubuntuone-client_ubuntuone-syncdaemon.1000.uploaded
Date: Sat Nov 24 08:34:37 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-24 (123 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120331)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-07-24 (123 days ago)
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ApportLog:

ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CrashReports:
 640:1000:122:10613:2012-11-24 08:29:45.195778846 -0500:2012-11-24 08:29:46.195778846 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_bin_apport-bug.1000.crash
 600:111:122:0:2012-11-23 00:44:02.383962339 -0500:2012-11-14 10:29:12.061995836 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_lib_ubuntuone-client_ubuntuone-syncdaemon.1000.uploaded
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-24 (128 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120331)
MarkForUpload: True
Package: apport 2.6.2-0ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-4.12-generic 3.7.0-rc7
Tags: third-party-packages raring running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-4-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2012-07-24 (128 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :
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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote : Dependencies.txt

apport information

tags: added: apport-collected
description: updated
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Andrea Azzarone (azzar1) wrote :

Ubuntu 13.04 is no longer supported. Is this still a problem for you?

Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for apport (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in apport (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for Unity because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Expired
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