svg_and_media_zip_output.py crashed in write() because of wrong character encoding

[Elias Kuthe]

Binary package hint: inkscape

According to the Traceback report, inkscape uses the "latin-1" encoding when collecting images for export as compressed SVG with media (*.zip). But on Ubuntu the default character encoding for filenames is "utf-8".

Ubuntu Version: 8.04
Inkscape Version: 0.46 (Apr 7 2008) in Ubuntu Package inkscape0.46-0ubuntu2

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 20 15:33:08 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/svg_and_media_zip_output.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: inkscape 0.46-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: python /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/svg_and_media_zip_output.py /tmp/ink_ext_XXXXXXH4LKBU
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/inkscape/extensions/svg_and_media_zip_output.py', '/tmp/ink_ext_XXXXXXH4LKBU']
SourcePackage: inkscape
Title: svg_and_media_zip_output.py crashed with OSError in write()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev scanner src video

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

A pre-release of the upcoming Inkscape 0.47 is now available in Ubuntu
Karmic for testing. Because *so* much stuff has changed compared with
the version you reported your bug against, would you mind re-testing
this new version and see if this bug is now resolved?

Karmic Alpha CD ISO images are available at:

  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/

If you're not testing Karmic yet, there are .debs of this new Inkscape
for Jaunty, Hardy, and Intrepid here:

  https://launchpad.net/~inkscape.testers/+archive/ppa

You might find further bugs when testing this alpha release. If that is
the case, please file a NEW bug report here:

   https://edge.launchpad.net/inkscape/+filebug

Thanks ahead of time for your testing efforts, and enjoy the new Inkscape!

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

I am unable to reproduce this bug using karmic alpha 4. I tried the following steps:

* Draw a rectangle
* From the menu, select "File->Save"
* Choose "Compressed Inkscape SVG with media (*.zip)" from the file type drop-down list
* Enter "drawing.zip" as the filename and press the "save" button.

If you used a different procedure to cause the bug, please let me know.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

$ apt-cache policy inkscape
inkscape:
  Installed: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Elias Kuthe (elias-kuthe)]

The script
( /usr/share/inkscape/extensions/svg_and_media_zip_output.py ) changed
from 0.46 to 0.47 but the bug still exists (for different reasons). To
reproduce the bug using jaunty with inkscape 0.47 I do the following:

* From the menu, select "File->Import" and take an image with a space in
  the file name like "my image.jpg"
* Menu: "File->Save"
* Chose "Compressed Inkscape SVG with media (*.zip)" as file type
After pressing "save" I end up in with the message "Could not locate
file: file:///home/elias/BugReports/inkscape/my%20image.jpg"

The reason is, that inkscape translates the space into the sequence %20
and the python script, wich saves it, does not retranslates into a space
again.
This is the same with other foreign characters like the German umlaute
äöü.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

$ apt-cache policy inkscape
inkscape:
  Installiert: 0.47~pre0-0ubuntu1~9.04
  Kandidat: 0.47~pre0-0ubuntu1~9.04
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 0.47~pre0-0ubuntu1~9.04 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.46-5ubuntu4 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages

Am Dienstag, den 25.08.2009, 11:56 +0000 schrieb Alex Valavanis:
> I am unable to reproduce this bug using karmic alpha 4. I tried the
> following steps:
>
> * Draw a rectangle
> * From the menu, select "File->Save"
> * Choose "Compressed Inkscape SVG with media (*.zip)" from the file type drop-down list
> * Enter "drawing.zip" as the filename and press the "save" button.
>
> If you used a different procedure to cause the bug, please let me know.
>
> $ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
> Release: 9.10
>
> $ apt-cache policy inkscape
> inkscape:
> Installed: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1
> Candidate: 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1
> Version table:
> *** 0.47~pre1-0ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

I still can't reproduce this bug using inkscape 0.47 on Karmic. The image is correctly located and displays properly. I've attached the successfully saved archive.

Also, it seems like this is a duplicate of bug #456248, so I'll mark it as such. Please feel free to unmark it if I'm mistaken!

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

Actually, I'll mark this as being fixed because the original crash has been fixed. Please could we continue the discussion about the character encoding issues at bug #456248? I've marked that bug as affecting Ubuntu