python2.6 crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode()

Bug #347177 reported by j.adredz
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software-properties (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: python2.6

Clicking Edit Software Sources in KPackagekit crashed python. This happened if launch KPackagekit using raptor-menu.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12ubuntu2
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu3
 libc6 2.9-4ubuntu3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/python2.6
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: python2.6-minimal 2.6.1-1ubuntu4
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-properties-kde --attach 65011801
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_PH.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: []
SourcePackage: python2.6
Title: python2.6 crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
UserGroups:

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j.adredz (j-adredz) wrote :
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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) wrote :

Let's keep this as a bug itself to debug it
If anyone thinks it's a duplicate, apport had it set as a duplicate of bug #102773

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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) wrote :

Open a terminal and execute this command:
sudo apt-key list

(If asked, type your password and press enter)

Then paste the output of that command :)

Changed in python2.6 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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j.adredz (j-adredz) wrote :

sorry for the late reply..nyway here's the output:

/etc/apt/trusted.gpg
--------------------
pub 1024D/437D05B5 2004-09-12
uid Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>
sub 2048g/79164387 2004-09-12

pub 1024D/FBB75451 2004-12-30
uid Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key <email address hidden>

pub 1024R/490B5361 2009-02-08
uid Launchpad PPA for Michał Zając

pub 1024R/6E619416 2009-03-04
uid Launchpad PPA for Ferenc Nagy

pub 1024R/4E5E17B5 2009-02-25
uid Launchpad PPA for chromium-daily

sorry I am a noob, just trying to help...

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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) wrote :

Looks like it's either softwareproperties/kde/SoftwarePropertiesKDE.py or softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py

affects: python2.6 (Ubuntu) → software-properties (Ubuntu)
Changed in software-properties (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) wrote :

Sorry, softwareproperties/AptAuth.py or softwareproperties/kde/SoftwarePropertiesKDE.py

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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) wrote :

Similar in software-properties-gtk, but the GUI application doesn't crash in this case

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amichair (amichai2) wrote :

The bug is upstream: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=540340
(still need to verify that software-properties-* works correctly once fixed gpg version is here)

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