[Bug 1538880] Re: Using DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive causes output to be garbled.

[Brian Murray]

I tested an upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04 and didn't see the error
reported in the description.

** Tags removed: trusty

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Wily)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray (brian-murray)

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Title:
  Using DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive causes output to be garbled.

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Wily:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When using the frontend DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive the stdout
  logging during the install/update is garbled as each character is
  shown as a single character bytestream, example:

  b'\r'b'E'b'x'b't'b'r'b'a'b'c'b't'b'i'b'n'b'g'b' 'b't'b'e'b'm'b'p'b'l'b'a'b't'b'e'b's'b' 'b'f'b'r'b'o'b'm'b' 'b'p'b'a'b'c'b'k'b'a'b'g'b'e'b's'b':'b' 'b'1'b'0'b'%'b'\r'b'E'b'x'b't'b'r'b'a'b'c'b't'b'i'b'n'b'g'b' 'b't'b'e'b'm'b'p'b'l'b'a'b't'b'e'b's'b' 'b'f'b'r'b'o'b'm'b' 'b'p'b'a'b'c'b'k'b'a'b'g'b'e'b's'b':'b' 'b'2'b'0'b'%'b'\r'b'E'b'x'b't'b'r'b'a'b'c'b't'b'i'b'n'b'g'b' 'b't'b'e'b'm'b'p'b'l'b'a'b't'b'e'b's'b' 'b'f'b'r'b'o'b'm'b' 'b'p'b'a'b'c'b'k'b'a'b'g'b'e'b's'b':'b' 'b'3'b'0'b'%'b'\r'b'E'b'x'b't'b'r'b'a'b'c'b't'b'i'b'n'b'g'b' 'b't'b'e'b'm'b'p'b'l'b'a'b't'b'e'b's'b' 'b'f'b'r'b'o'b'm'b' 'b'p'b'a'b'c'b'k'b'a'b'g'b'e'b's'b':'b' 'b'4'b'0'b'%'b'\r'b'E'b'x'b't'b'r'b'a'b'c'b't'b'i'b'n'b'g'b' 'b't'b'e'b'm'b'p'b'l'b'a'b't'b'e'b's'b'
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