[Bug 1826183] Re: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade:UnicodeDecodeError:/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade at 2268:main:run:get_auto_removable:<setcomp>:__iter__:keys:<genexpr>

[Julian Andres Klode]

Crazy, who has invalid unicode in package names?

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Title:
  /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade:UnicodeDecodeError:/usr/bin/unattended-
  upgrade at 2268:main:run:get_auto_removable:<setcomp>:__iter__:keys:<genexpr>

Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades.  This problem was most recently seen with package version 1.10ubuntu5, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/e0067211bd138f2644f4d2a86a6337280970ebe0 contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports.
  If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/.

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 2268, in <module>
      sys.exit(main(options))
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1732, in main
      install_start_time)
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1906, in run
      auto_removable = get_auto_removable(cache)
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1557, in get_auto_removable
      return {pkg.name for pkg in cache
    File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1557, in <setcomp>
      return {pkg.name for pkg in cache
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 333, in __iter__
      for pkgname in self.keys():
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 361, in keys
      for p in self._cache.packages
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 362, in <genexpr>
      if self.__is_real_pkg(p))
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe4 in position 16: invalid continuation byte

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