syncpackage crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode(): 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 241: invalid continuation byte

[Logan Rosen]

Occurs every time I try to force a sync of jffi. It appears to be due to an odd character in the latest changelog entry in Debian.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubuntu-dev-tools 0.148
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-1.5-generic 3.9.1
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.10-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Tue May 14 01:43:19 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/syncpackage
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-08-21 (265 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120821)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/syncpackage --force jffi
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/syncpackage', '--force', 'jffi']
SourcePackage: ubuntu-dev-tools
Title: syncpackage crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode(): 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 241: invalid continuation byte
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

I am no longer able to reproduce this with jffi, as the package was synced, so I'm marking this specific bug as invalid.

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

I can reproduce this now with:

$ syncpackage --force python-mysqldb

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

I believe debian rmadison is down.
Using --no-lp option and URLs to dsc works.....

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

please reopen if this problem still exists