[Bug 1170487] Re: TypeError: startswith first arg must be bytes or a tuple of bytes, not str

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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

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Title:
  TypeError: startswith first arg must be bytes or a tuple of bytes, not
  str

Status in apport package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Reporting a bug against casper with "apport-cli casper" results in a
  report containing:

  HookError_ubuntu:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 197, in _run_hook
       symb['add_info'](report, ui)
     File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/ubuntu.py", line 92, in add_info
       apport.hookutils.attach_conffiles(report, package, ui=ui)
     File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/hookutils.py", line 135, in attach_conffiles
       if contents == '[deleted]' or contents.startswith('[inaccessible'):
   TypeError: startswith first arg must be bytes or a tuple of bytes, not str

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: apport 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-18.28-generic 3.8.6
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-18-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.330
  CrashReports:
   640:0:0:38630:2013-04-18 22:10:36.573443280 +0000:2013-04-18 22:10:36.573443280 +0000:/var/crash/_usr_bin_ubiquity-dm.0.crash
   640:0:0:1607739:2013-04-18 22:10:36.881444807 +0000:2013-04-18 22:10:31.289417078 +0000:/var/crash/_usr_bin_Xorg.0.crash
   640:999:999:435757:2013-04-18 22:10:30.977415531 +0000:2013-04-18 22:10:25.689389309 +0000:/var/crash/_usr_lib_kde4_libexec_kwin_opengl_test.999.crash
  Date: Thu Apr 18 20:16:39 2013
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130418)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: apport
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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