[Bug 1197900] [NEW] do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade(): 'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'

[Karma Dorje]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1197892 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1197892

Public bug reported:

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
Release:        13.10

$ apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
  Installed: 1:0.196
  Candidate: 1:0.196
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.196 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.196
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-2.9-generic 3.10.0
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Fri Jul  5 01:19:41 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/do-release-upgrade
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-30 (277 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/do-partial-upgrade --frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade', '--frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3']
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Title: do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade(): 'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-06 (59 days ago)
UserGroups:
 
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-crash dist-upgrade need-duplicate-check saucy

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1197892
   do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade(): 'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade():
  'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
  Release:        13.10

  $ apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 
  ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
    Installed: 1:0.196
    Candidate: 1:0.196
    Version table:
   *** 1:0.196 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.196
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-2.9-generic 3.10.0
  Uname: Linux 3.10.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Fri Jul  5 01:19:41 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/do-release-upgrade
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-30 (277 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/do-partial-upgrade --frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade', '--frontend=DistUpgradeViewGtk3']
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Title: do-release-upgrade crashed with AttributeError in distUpgrade(): 'SystemError' object has no attribute 'encode'
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-06 (59 days ago)
  UserGroups:
   
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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