Activity log for bug #1806076

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2018-11-30 16:22:13 errors.ubuntu.com bug bridge bug added bug
2018-11-30 16:22:14 errors.ubuntu.com bug bridge bug added subscriber Balint Reczey
2018-11-30 17:22:27 Balint Reczey summary /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade:UnicodeEncodeError:/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade@1983:parse_args:_process_args:_process_long_opt:process:take_action:print_help unattended-upgrade --help raises UnicodeEncodeError when stdout encoding is ascii
2018-11-30 17:32:03 Balint Reczey description The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/b3e3265e302351558260f54ae37c7b4c193dfc95 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. [Test Case] rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc launch ubuntu:18.04 bb-lp-1806076 Creating bb-lp-1806076 Starting bb-lp-1806076 rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc shell bb-lp-1806076 mesg: ttyname failed: No such device root@bb-lp-1806076:~# apt install -yqq language-pack-ru-base The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed: language-pack-ru The following NEW packages will be installed: language-pack-ru language-pack-ru-base 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 2310 kB of archives. After this operation, 11.8 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru-base. (Reading database ... 28536 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru-base_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru. Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Generating locales (this might take a while)... ru_RU.UTF-8... done ru_UA.UTF-8... done Generation complete. root@bb-lp-1806076:~# env LANG=ru_RU unattended-upgrade --help | cat Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1983, in <module> (options, args) = parser.parse_args() # type: ignore File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args stop = self._process_args(largs, rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1427, in _process_args self._process_long_opt(rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1501, in _process_long_opt option.process(opt, value, values, self) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 785, in process self.action, self.dest, opt, value, values, parser) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 807, in take_action parser.print_help() File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1647, in print_help file.write(self.format_help()) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 126-133: ordinal not in range(128) root@bb-lp-1806076:~# env LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 unattended-upgrade --help | cat Usage: unattended-upgrade [options] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -d, --debug print debug messages --apt-debug make apt/libapt print verbose debug messages -v, --verbose print info messages --dry-run Simulation, download but do not install --download-only Only download, do not even try to install. --minimal-upgrade-steps Upgrade in minimal steps (and allow interrupting with SIGTERM [Original Bug Text] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/b3e3265e302351558260f54ae37c7b4c193dfc95 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/.
2018-11-30 17:33:07 Balint Reczey bug task added apt (Ubuntu)
2018-11-30 17:36:43 Balint Reczey tags bionic bionic patch-forwarded-debian
2018-11-30 17:36:53 Balint Reczey tags bionic patch-forwarded-debian bionic patch patch-forwarded-debian
2018-12-12 15:29:18 Balint Reczey description [Test Case] rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc launch ubuntu:18.04 bb-lp-1806076 Creating bb-lp-1806076 Starting bb-lp-1806076 rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc shell bb-lp-1806076 mesg: ttyname failed: No such device root@bb-lp-1806076:~# apt install -yqq language-pack-ru-base The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed: language-pack-ru The following NEW packages will be installed: language-pack-ru language-pack-ru-base 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 2310 kB of archives. After this operation, 11.8 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru-base. (Reading database ... 28536 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru-base_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru. Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Generating locales (this might take a while)... ru_RU.UTF-8... done ru_UA.UTF-8... done Generation complete. root@bb-lp-1806076:~# env LANG=ru_RU unattended-upgrade --help | cat Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1983, in <module> (options, args) = parser.parse_args() # type: ignore File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args stop = self._process_args(largs, rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1427, in _process_args self._process_long_opt(rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1501, in _process_long_opt option.process(opt, value, values, self) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 785, in process self.action, self.dest, opt, value, values, parser) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 807, in take_action parser.print_help() File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1647, in print_help file.write(self.format_help()) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 126-133: ordinal not in range(128) root@bb-lp-1806076:~# env LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 unattended-upgrade --help | cat Usage: unattended-upgrade [options] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -d, --debug print debug messages --apt-debug make apt/libapt print verbose debug messages -v, --verbose print info messages --dry-run Simulation, download but do not install --download-only Only download, do not even try to install. --minimal-upgrade-steps Upgrade in minimal steps (and allow interrupting with SIGTERM [Original Bug Text] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/b3e3265e302351558260f54ae37c7b4c193dfc95 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. [Test Case] rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc launch ubuntu:18.04 bb-lp-1806076 Creating bb-lp-1806076 Starting bb-lp-1806076 rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc shell bb-lp-1806076 mesg: ttyname failed: No such device root@bb-lp-1806076:~# apt install -yqq language-pack-ru-base The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:   libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru The following NEW packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru language-pack-ru-base 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 2310 kB of archives. After this operation, 11.8 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru-base. (Reading database ... 28536 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru-base_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru. Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Generating locales (this might take a while)...   ru_RU.UTF-8... done   ru_UA.UTF-8... done Generation complete. root@bb-lp-1806076:~# env LANG=ru_RU unattended-upgrade --help | cat Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1983, in <module>     (options, args) = parser.parse_args() # type: ignore   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args     stop = self._process_args(largs, rargs, values)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1427, in _process_args     self._process_long_opt(rargs, values)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1501, in _process_long_opt     option.process(opt, value, values, self)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 785, in process     self.action, self.dest, opt, value, values, parser)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 807, in take_action     parser.print_help()   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1647, in print_help     file.write(self.format_help()) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 126-133: ordinal not in range(128) root@bb-lp-1806076:~# env LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 unattended-upgrade --help | cat Usage: unattended-upgrade [options] Options:   -h, --help show this help message and exit   -d, --debug print debug messages   --apt-debug make apt/libapt print verbose debug messages   -v, --verbose print info messages   --dry-run Simulation, download but do not install   --download-only Only download, do not even try to install.   --minimal-upgrade-steps                         Upgrade in minimal steps (and allow interrupting with                         SIGTERM [Original Bug Text] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/b3e3265e302351558260f54ae37c7b4c193dfc95 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Also seen in: * https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/936bb1c75c4efe018f968a5773b820bcf52c298a
2018-12-18 14:58:07 Julian Andres Klode apt (Ubuntu): status New Fix Committed
2019-01-11 17:56:28 Launchpad Janitor apt (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2019-04-30 20:20:28 Balint Reczey nominated for series Ubuntu Bionic
2019-04-30 20:20:28 Balint Reczey bug task added apt (Ubuntu Bionic)
2019-04-30 20:20:28 Balint Reczey bug task added unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu Bionic)
2019-04-30 20:20:28 Balint Reczey nominated for series Ubuntu Xenial
2019-04-30 20:20:28 Balint Reczey bug task added apt (Ubuntu Xenial)
2019-04-30 20:20:28 Balint Reczey bug task added unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu Xenial)
2020-02-14 14:42:43 Balint Reczey unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu): status New Won't Fix
2021-02-18 15:48:51 Julian Andres Klode apt (Ubuntu Bionic): status New Triaged
2021-03-11 13:24:06 Balint Reczey unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu Xenial): status New Won't Fix
2021-03-11 13:24:09 Balint Reczey unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu Bionic): status New Won't Fix
2021-03-11 13:31:03 Balint Reczey description [Test Case] rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc launch ubuntu:18.04 bb-lp-1806076 Creating bb-lp-1806076 Starting bb-lp-1806076 rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc shell bb-lp-1806076 mesg: ttyname failed: No such device root@bb-lp-1806076:~# apt install -yqq language-pack-ru-base The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:   libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru The following NEW packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru language-pack-ru-base 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 2310 kB of archives. After this operation, 11.8 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru-base. (Reading database ... 28536 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru-base_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru. Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Generating locales (this might take a while)...   ru_RU.UTF-8... done   ru_UA.UTF-8... done Generation complete. root@bb-lp-1806076:~# env LANG=ru_RU unattended-upgrade --help | cat Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1983, in <module>     (options, args) = parser.parse_args() # type: ignore   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args     stop = self._process_args(largs, rargs, values)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1427, in _process_args     self._process_long_opt(rargs, values)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1501, in _process_long_opt     option.process(opt, value, values, self)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 785, in process     self.action, self.dest, opt, value, values, parser)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 807, in take_action     parser.print_help()   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1647, in print_help     file.write(self.format_help()) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 126-133: ordinal not in range(128) root@bb-lp-1806076:~# env LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 unattended-upgrade --help | cat Usage: unattended-upgrade [options] Options:   -h, --help show this help message and exit   -d, --debug print debug messages   --apt-debug make apt/libapt print verbose debug messages   -v, --verbose print info messages   --dry-run Simulation, download but do not install   --download-only Only download, do not even try to install.   --minimal-upgrade-steps                         Upgrade in minimal steps (and allow interrupting with                         SIGTERM [Original Bug Text] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/b3e3265e302351558260f54ae37c7b4c193dfc95 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Also seen in: * https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/936bb1c75c4efe018f968a5773b820bcf52c298a [Impact] * unattended-upgrades --help crashes in apt.systemd.daily script when locale is not in UTF-8. [Test Case] In the fixed case no crash is observed. rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc launch ubuntu:18.04 bb-lp-1806076 Creating bb-lp-1806076 Starting bb-lp-1806076 rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc shell bb-lp-1806076 mesg: ttyname failed: No such device root@bb-lp-1806076:~# apt install -yqq language-pack-ru-base The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:   libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru The following NEW packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru language-pack-ru-base 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 2310 kB of archives. After this operation, 11.8 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru-base. (Reading database ... 28536 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru-base_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru. Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Generating locales (this might take a while)...   ru_RU.UTF-8... done   ru_UA.UTF-8... done Generation complete. root@bb-lp-1806076:~# echo LANG=ru_RU | tee /etc/default/locale LANG=ru_RU root@bb-lp-1806076:~# /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily update Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 2171, in <module> (options, args) = parser.parse_args() # type: ignore File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args stop = self._process_args(largs, rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1427, in _process_args self._process_long_opt(rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1501, in _process_long_opt option.process(opt, value, values, self) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 785, in process self.action, self.dest, opt, value, values, parser) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 807, in take_action parser.print_help() File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1647, in print_help file.write(self.format_help()) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 126-133: ordinal not in range(128) root@bb-lp-1806076:~# echo LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 | tee /etc/default/locale LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 root@bb-lp-1806076:~# /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily update root@bb-lp-1806076:~# [Where problems could occur] * Nowhere, really. The fix is setting LC_ALL=C.UFT-8 for u-u --help and it is processed by grep then. [Original Bug Text] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/b3e3265e302351558260f54ae37c7b4c193dfc95 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Also seen in:  * https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/936bb1c75c4efe018f968a5773b820bcf52c298a
2021-03-25 13:41:37 Łukasz Zemczak apt (Ubuntu Bionic): status Triaged Fix Committed
2021-03-25 13:41:38 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2021-03-25 13:41:40 Łukasz Zemczak bug added subscriber SRU Verification
2021-03-25 13:41:44 Łukasz Zemczak tags bionic patch patch-forwarded-debian bionic patch patch-forwarded-debian verification-needed verification-needed-bionic
2021-03-30 14:58:48 Julian Andres Klode tags bionic patch patch-forwarded-debian verification-needed verification-needed-bionic bionic patch patch-forwarded-debian verification-done verification-done-bionic
2021-03-30 15:00:39 Balint Reczey description [Impact] * unattended-upgrades --help crashes in apt.systemd.daily script when locale is not in UTF-8. [Test Case] In the fixed case no crash is observed. rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc launch ubuntu:18.04 bb-lp-1806076 Creating bb-lp-1806076 Starting bb-lp-1806076 rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc shell bb-lp-1806076 mesg: ttyname failed: No such device root@bb-lp-1806076:~# apt install -yqq language-pack-ru-base The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:   libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru The following NEW packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru language-pack-ru-base 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 2310 kB of archives. After this operation, 11.8 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru-base. (Reading database ... 28536 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru-base_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru. Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Generating locales (this might take a while)...   ru_RU.UTF-8... done   ru_UA.UTF-8... done Generation complete. root@bb-lp-1806076:~# echo LANG=ru_RU | tee /etc/default/locale LANG=ru_RU root@bb-lp-1806076:~# /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily update Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 2171, in <module> (options, args) = parser.parse_args() # type: ignore File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args stop = self._process_args(largs, rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1427, in _process_args self._process_long_opt(rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1501, in _process_long_opt option.process(opt, value, values, self) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 785, in process self.action, self.dest, opt, value, values, parser) File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 807, in take_action parser.print_help() File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1647, in print_help file.write(self.format_help()) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 126-133: ordinal not in range(128) root@bb-lp-1806076:~# echo LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 | tee /etc/default/locale LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 root@bb-lp-1806076:~# /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily update root@bb-lp-1806076:~# [Where problems could occur] * Nowhere, really. The fix is setting LC_ALL=C.UFT-8 for u-u --help and it is processed by grep then. [Original Bug Text] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/b3e3265e302351558260f54ae37c7b4c193dfc95 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Also seen in:  * https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/936bb1c75c4efe018f968a5773b820bcf52c298a [Impact]  * unattended-upgrades --help crashes in apt.systemd.daily script when locale is not in UTF-8. [Test Case] In the fixed case no crash is observed. rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc launch ubuntu:18.04 bb-lp-1806076 Creating bb-lp-1806076 Starting bb-lp-1806076 rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc shell bb-lp-1806076 mesg: ttyname failed: No such device root@bb-lp-1806076:~# apt install -yqq language-pack-ru-base The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:   libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following additional packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru The following NEW packages will be installed:   language-pack-ru language-pack-ru-base 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 2310 kB of archives. After this operation, 11.8 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru-base. (Reading database ... 28536 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru-base_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Selecting previously unselected package language-pack-ru. Preparing to unpack .../language-pack-ru_1%3a18.04+20180712_all.deb ... Unpacking language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru (1:18.04+20180712) ... Setting up language-pack-ru-base (1:18.04+20180712) ... Generating locales (this might take a while)...   ru_RU.UTF-8... done   ru_UA.UTF-8... done Generation complete. root@bb-lp-1806076:~# echo LANG=ru_RU | tee /etc/default/locale LANG=ru_RU root@bb-lp-1806076:~# /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily update Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 2171, in <module>     (options, args) = parser.parse_args() # type: ignore   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1387, in parse_args     stop = self._process_args(largs, rargs, values)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1427, in _process_args     self._process_long_opt(rargs, values)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1501, in _process_long_opt     option.process(opt, value, values, self)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 785, in process     self.action, self.dest, opt, value, values, parser)   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 807, in take_action     parser.print_help()   File "/usr/lib/python3.6/optparse.py", line 1647, in print_help     file.write(self.format_help()) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 126-133: ordinal not in range(128) root@bb-lp-1806076:~# echo LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 | tee /etc/default/locale LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 root@bb-lp-1806076:~# /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily update root@bb-lp-1806076:~# [Where problems could occur] * Nowhere, really. The fix is setting LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 for u-u --help and it is processed by grep then. [Original Bug Text] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.6, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/b3e3265e302351558260f54ae37c7b4c193dfc95 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Also seen in:  * https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/936bb1c75c4efe018f968a5773b820bcf52c298a
2021-04-07 02:16:58 Chris Halse Rogers removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team
2021-04-07 02:17:59 Launchpad Janitor apt (Ubuntu Bionic): status Fix Committed Fix Released