[Bug 833813] Re: ubiquity crashed in run() with UnicodeDecodeError when mount point contains accented character

[Brad Figg]

** Tags added: rls-mgr-o-tracking

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Title:
  ubiquity crashed in run() with UnicodeDecodeError when mount point
  contains accented character

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  TEST CASE:
  1. Launch ubiquity and proceed to 'Advanced Partitioning'
  2. Create a partition and enter a mount point with an accent

  result:
  Ubiquity crashes with:
  Exception caught in process_line:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 132, in process_line
      return self.dbfilter.process_line()
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/debconffilter.py", line 281, in process_line
      if not input_widgets[0].run(priority, question):
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-partman.py", line 2686, in run
      self.preseed(question, request['mountpoint'], seen=False)
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 336, in preseed
      value = value.encode("UTF-8", "ignore")
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 4: ordinal not in range(128)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.7.17
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.14-generic 3.0.3
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.279
  Date: Thu Aug 25 14:37:24 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110825)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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