[Bug 1063114] Re: gdebi-kde crashed with TypeError in /usr/bin/gdebi-kde: decoding Unicode is not supported

[Luca Falavigna]

0.8.5ubuntu1.1 has been uploaded to quantal-proposed with a fix for this
bug.

** Patch added: "0.8.5ubuntu1.1.debdiff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/+bug/1063114/+attachment/3422317/+files/0.8.5ubuntu1.1.debdiff

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Title:
  gdebi-kde crashed with TypeError in /usr/bin/gdebi-kde: decoding
  Unicode is not supported

Status in “gdebi” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “gdebi” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  == Description ==

  gdebi-kde always crashes with TypeError when launched:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/gdebi-kde", line 67, in <module>
      help=unicode(_("Run non-interactive (dangerous!)"),"UTF-8"))
  TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported

  == Test case ==

  * Launch gdebi-kde --help, or gdebi-kde somepackage.deb
  * gdebi-kde must display help menu, or analyze a package

  == Regression potential ==

  gdebi-kde is currently broken, this fix makes it work again

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