backend_helper.py crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in get_dbus_message(): 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 20-28: ordinal not in range(128)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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update-notifier (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu quantal (development branch)
Release: 12.10
$ LANG=en apt-cache policy update-notifier
update-notifier:
Installed: 0.119ubuntu15
Candidate: 0.119ubuntu15
Version table:
*** 0.119ubuntu15 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: update-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.2.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: b0ff20e1097011b
CheckboxSystem: 21aa6c17e1fc79c
Date: Thu Jul 5 22:02:34 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/
PythonArgs: ['/usr/
SourcePackage: update-notifier
Title: backend_helper.py crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in get_dbus_message(): 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 20-28: ordinal not in range(128)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-01 (4 days ago)
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modified.
APT::Periodic:
APT::Periodic:
APT::Periodic:
APT::Periodic:
mtime.conffile.
tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
information type: | Private → Public |
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Ubuntu 12.10 (quantal) reached end-of-life on May 16, 2014.
I'm setting the status of this bug to 'Incomplete' as it's not seen any activity for some time. If this is still an issue when using a currently maintained release of Ubuntu then please let us know which one(s) otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time.