Error during translation: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character

[Юрий Чудновский]

Binary package hint: parted

Here is a problem in Ubuntu 8.10 parted package (version: 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-7ubuntu7).
Locale used in system: ru_UA.UTF-8 (russian)
trouble is looks like:

| root@fqc:~# parted /dev/sda print
| Модель: ATA Maxtor 6Y120L0 (scsi)
| Диск /dev/sda: 123GB
| Размер сектора (логический/физический): 512B/512B
| Таблица разделов: msdos
|
| Error during translation: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character

If localization is not used, no errors on same operation:

| root@fqc:~# LC_ALL=C parted /dev/sda print
| Model: ATA Maxtor 6Y120L0 (scsi)
| Disk /dev/sda: 123GB
| Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
| Partition Table: msdos
|
| Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
| 1 32.3kB 5001MB 5001MB primary reiserfs boot
| 2 5001MB 6021MB 1020MB primary linux-swap
| 3 6021MB 46.0GB 40.0GB primary ext3
| 4 46.0GB 123GB 76.9GB primary ext3
|

Looks like word "Number" is "translated" to russian as some symbol, like "№", wich can't be translated by some reason.

[Arseny Klimovsky (arseny.klimovsky)]

I also see the same error
on Ubuntu 9.04
Locale used in system: ru_UA.UTF-8 (russian)
1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11.1ubuntu6

[Vladimir (vov4ick)]

Bug appears in GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.159-1e0e
The bug is in translation of name of the flag "bootable" which translated as "загрузочны�" instead of "загрузочный"
You can easily check it by running "parted -m -l" (russian locale, of course)

[YannUbuntu (yannubuntu)]

Maybe related: Bug #1071717

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.