--- /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py.orig	2009-09-07 06:54:18.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/packagekit/backend.py	2009-09-07 08:02:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@
         @param issued:
         @param updated:
         '''
+        try:
+            changelog = changelog.encode("ascii", "replace")
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            changelog = repr(changelog)
         self._send("updatedetail\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t"
                   "%s" % (package_id, updates, obsoletes, vendor_url,
                           bugzilla_url, cve_url, restart, update_text,