[Bug 1380290] [NEW] Aptd crash with UnicodeDecodeError when updating GPU drivers via intel-linux-graphics-installer

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OS version: Ubuntu 14.04 amd64 (with latest updates from security and update channels as of 12.10.2014; Multiverse and universe enabled)

Intel-linux-graphics-installer version: 1.0.6

Locale: fi_FI.UTF-8 (also occurs with en_US.utf8)

Last output from intel-linux-graphics-installer:
List packages :   [  ]
transaction-view.c/on_pm_op_failed: Package manager operation failed: Traceback (most recent call last):

Start of crash log (full log as attachment):

ProblemType: Crash
Annotation: Search failed
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Oct 12 14:10:38 2014
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/aptd
Package: aptdaemon 1.1.1-1ubuntu5.1
SourcePackage: aptdaemon
Title: <class 'UnicodeDecodeError'>: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 579: invalid start byte
Traceback:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 323, in _process_transaction
     self.query(trans)
   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/pkcompat.py", line 2132, in query
     self.get_packages(trans, **trans.kwargs)
   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/pkcompat.py", line 2565, in get_packages
     self._emit_package(trans, pkg)
   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/pkcompat.py", line 2845, in _emit_package
     self._emit_pkg_version(trans, pkg.installed, info)
   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/pkcompat.py", line 2864, in _emit_pkg_version
     trans.emit_package(info, id, version.summary)
   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/package.py", line 352, in summary
     return self._translated_records.short_desc
 UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 579: invalid start byte


For other similar errors with aptd, see:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/1060081
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/871359
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/1306498
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/1022993

** Affects: aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Aptd crash with UnicodeDecodeError when updating GPU drivers via intel-linux-graphics-installer
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1380290
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