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

[Scott Kitterman]

Hello Toga, or anyone else affected,

Accepted into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be
available in a few hours in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from
verification-needed to verification-done.  If it does not, change the
tag to verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing
will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: gdebi (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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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:
  Fix Committed

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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