[Bug 1487954] [NEW] aptitude package name text scrambled on certain packages

[themusicgod1]

Public bug reported:

Especially in 'Resolve Dependencies' view, i've noticed over the past
week or two, the package names are replaced with garbled text.  Pressing
'up' or 'down' re-scrambles the text in a consistent way --

it will look something like :

P&i U  (this should be cups-filters-core-drivers)
cups-filters
cups-pk-helper
cups-ppdc
P^^    ~U (this should be  cups-server-common)
encryptfs-utils
    YR U    (this should be gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0)

If you hit up twice, and down twice, the scrambled text that was there
to start with shows up again -- it's a deterministic stramble of some
kind.

Other places where the name of the package should show up, the package
name shows up correctly -- it's just in the actual list of package names
which is scrambled.

Scrambled text contains uppercase, lowercase, @, ^, ~, `, \, numbers,

Aptitude:  0.7-1ubuntu1

Ubuntu: 15.10 wily werewolf

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: aptitude 0.7-1ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-040100rc1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Aug 23 23:52:26 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-09 (410 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140708)
SourcePackage: aptitude
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily

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Title:
  aptitude package name text scrambled on certain packages

Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Especially in 'Resolve Dependencies' view, i've noticed over the past
  week or two, the package names are replaced with garbled text.
  Pressing 'up' or 'down' re-scrambles the text in a consistent way --

  it will look something like :

  P&i U  (this should be cups-filters-core-drivers)
  cups-filters
  cups-pk-helper
  cups-ppdc
  P^^    ~U (this should be  cups-server-common)
  encryptfs-utils
      YR U    (this should be gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-1.0)

  If you hit up twice, and down twice, the scrambled text that was there
  to start with shows up again -- it's a deterministic stramble of some
  kind.

  Other places where the name of the package should show up, the package
  name shows up correctly -- it's just in the actual list of package
  names which is scrambled.

  Scrambled text contains uppercase, lowercase, @, ^, ~, `, \, numbers,

  Aptitude:  0.7-1ubuntu1

  Ubuntu: 15.10 wily werewolf

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: aptitude 0.7-1ubuntu1
  Uname: Linux 4.1.0-040100rc1-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Sun Aug 23 23:52:26 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-09 (410 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140708)
  SourcePackage: aptitude
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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