bzr branch produces UnicodeError

[Daniel Reis]

The error is produced with the with the command:
bzr branch lp:tko-install-modules-apps/6.1

This is the traceback:

bzr: ERROR: exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 50-51: ordinal not in range(128)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 853, in exception_to_return_code
    return the_callable(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 1055, in run_bzr
    ret = run(*run_argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 661, in run_argv_aliases
    return self.run_direct(**all_cmd_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 665, in run_direct
    return self._operation.run_simple(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 122, in run_simple
    self.cleanups, self.func, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 156, in _do_with_cleanups
    result = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 1232, in run
    source_branch=br_from)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1199, in sprout
    hardlink=hardlink)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1614, in create_workingtree
    accelerator_tree=accelerator_tree, hardlink=hardlink)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/workingtree_4.py", line 1463, in initialize
    delta_from_tree=delta_from_tree)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 2253, in build_tree
    delta_from_tree)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 2363, in _build_tree
    precomputed_delta=precomputed_delta)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 1539, in apply
    modified_paths = self._apply_insertions(mover)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 1667, in _apply_insertions
    mover.rename(self._limbo_name(trans_id), full_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 2902, in rename
    os.rename(from_, to)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 50-51: ordinal not in range(128)

bzr 2.1.4 on python 2.6.5 (Linux-2.6.32-41-generic-pae-i686-with-Ubuntu-10.04-lucid)
arguments: ['/usr/bin/bzr', 'branch', 'lp:tko-install-modules-apps/6.1']
encoding: 'ANSI_X3.4-1968', fsenc: 'ANSI_X3.4-1968', lang: 'en_GB'
plugins:
  etckeeper /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/etckeeper [unknown]
  launchpad /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/launchpad [2.1.4]
  netrc_credential_store /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/netrc_credential_store [2.1.4]
  news_merge /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/news_merge [2.1.4]

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[Martin Packman (gz)]

You're running without an encoding set, LANG should be 'en_GB.utf-8' not just 'en_GB'. Fixing that will resolve the problem for you. Also, upgrading to bzr 2.5 will do the right thing with utf-8 files even where the locale is not set correctly.

[Daniel Reis (dreis-pt)]

Thanks for the quick reply. Since bzr 2.5 is not my distribution channel, so I changed LANG to en_GB.utf8 (nano /etc/default/locale).
I log in in a new session, try again and get the traceback below.

root@lapp work/tko-repo# locale
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_PAPER="C"
LC_NAME="C"
LC_ADDRESS="C"
LC_TELEPHONE="C"
LC_MEASUREMENT="C"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="C"
LC_ALL=C
root@lapp work/tko-repo# bzr branch lp:tko-install-modules-apps/6.1 tko-install-modules-apps-61
Enter passphrase for key '/root/.ssh/id_rsa':
bzr: ERROR: exceptions.UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 74-75: ordinal not in range(128)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 853, in exception_to_return_code
    return the_callable(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 1055, in run_bzr
    ret = run(*run_argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 661, in run_argv_aliases
    return self.run_direct(**all_cmd_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 665, in run_direct
    return self._operation.run_simple(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 122, in run_simple
    self.cleanups, self.func, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/cleanup.py", line 156, in _do_with_cleanups
    result = func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 1232, in run
    source_branch=br_from)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1199, in sprout
    hardlink=hardlink)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1614, in create_workingtree
    accelerator_tree=accelerator_tree, hardlink=hardlink)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/workingtree_4.py", line 1463, in initialize
    delta_from_tree=delta_from_tree)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 2253, in build_tree
    delta_from_tree)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 2363, in _build_tree
    precomputed_delta=precomputed_delta)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 1539, in apply
    modified_paths = self._apply_insertions(mover)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 1667, in _apply_insertions
    mover.rename(self._limbo_name(trans_id), full_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/transform.py", line 2902, in rename
    os.rename(from_, to)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 74-75: ordinal not in range(128)

bzr 2.1.4 on python 2.6.5 (Linux-2.6.32-41-generic-pae-i686-with-Ubuntu-10.04-lucid)
arguments: ['/usr/bin/bzr', 'branch', 'lp:tko-install-modules-apps/6.1', 'tko-install-modules-apps-61']
encoding: 'ANSI_X3.4-1968', fsenc: 'ANSI_X3.4-1968', lang: 'en_GB.UTF-8'
plugins:
  etckeeper /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins/etckeeper [unknown]
  launchpad /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/bzrlib/plug...

[Martin Packman (gz)]

You probably need to actually install the locale too, see for instance:
<http://askubuntu.com/questions/76013/how-do-i-add-locale-to-ubuntu-server>
<http://askubuntu.com/questions/162391/how-do-i-fix-my-locale-issue>