[Bug 1760310] Re: pastebinit crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode(): 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xad in position 15319: invalid start byte

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: pastebinit (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  pastebinit crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode(): 'utf-8' codec
  can't decode byte 0xad in position 15319: invalid start byte

Status in pastebinit package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  To reproduce:

  1. Attempt to paste non-unicode data with a pipe:

      cat ~/.config/pulse/cookie | pastebinit

  Result:

  Python throwsa Unicode error.

  Expected result:

  It should work, as it does if you run:

  pastebinit ~/.config/pulse/cookie

  Impact:

  If a program outputs even one invalid ascii/unicode character, the
  paste will fail. This is a common problem when porting python 2 apps
  to python 3.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: pastebinit 1.5-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Mar 31 15:29:58 2018
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/pastebinit
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-31 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180331)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.6
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/pastebinit
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5rc1, python3-minimal, 3.6.4-1
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/pastebinit']
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14+, python-minimal, 2.7.14-4
  SourcePackage: pastebinit
  Title: pastebinit crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in decode(): 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xad in position 15319: invalid start byte
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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