[Bug 1766337] Re: uncaught python exception : UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte; invalid continuation byte

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This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.20.10-0ubuntu1

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apport (2.20.10-0ubuntu1) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release:
    - backends/packaging-apt-dpkg.py: when using a permanent sandbox better
      check for the package being already available thereby reducing quantity
      of downloads.
    - apport/report.py: Use timeout parameter in subprocess to limit how long
      we'll wait for gdb to return information as gdb can hang with some core
      files.
    - data/apport: Fix PEP8 issues
    - apport/ui.py: Include ProblemType in reports which are updated as
      package hooks may expect the report to have a ProblemType. (LP: #1766794)
    - test/test_ui.py: modify run_crash_kernel test to account for the fact
      that linux-image-$kvers-$flavor is now built from the linux-signed
      source package on amd64 and ppc64el. (LP: #1766740)
  * data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py: Fix UnicodeDecodeError when processing
    DpkgTerminalLog. (LP: #1766337)
  * data/general-hooks/ubuntu.py: Don't display a messy error if python or
    python3 is not installed. (LP: #1769262)
  * debian/apport.links: source_linux-signed.py -> source_linux.py package
    hook (LP: #1766740)
  * data/package-hooks/source_linux.py: Redirect bugs filed about the
    linux-signed source package to linux. (LP: #1766740)

 -- Brian Murray <brian at ubuntu.com>  Thu, 10 May 2018 09:31:34 -0700

** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  uncaught python exception : UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't
  decode byte; invalid continuation byte

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Hi,

  here is a python exception I got while reporting a bug:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 198, in _run_hook
      symb['add_info'](report, ui)
    File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 89, in add_info
      check_attachment_for_errors(report, attachment)
    File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 208, in check_attachment_for_errors
      trim_dpkg_log(report)
    File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 508, in trim_dpkg_log
      report['DpkgTerminalLog'] = '\n'.join([str(line.decode('utf-8')) for line in lines])
    File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 508, in <listcomp>
      report['DpkgTerminalLog'] = '\n'.join([str(line.decode('utf-8')) for line in lines])
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 3070: invalid continuation byte

  It can also be seen here:

    https://launchpadlibrarian.net/367002573/HookError_ubuntu.txt

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu6
  Uname: Linux 4.16.3-041603-generic x86_64
  ApportLog:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Mon Apr 23 20:13:24 2018
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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