[Bug 1931148] Re: upgrade from 20.10 to 21.04 fails codec can't decode byte

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

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  upgrade from 20.10 to 21.04 fails codec can't decode byte

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  update-manager -c
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  authenticate 'hirsute.tar.gz' against 'hirsute.tar.gz.gpg' 
  extracting 'hirsute.tar.gz'
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/hirsute", line 8, in <module>
      sys.exit(main())
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 236, in main
      if app.run():
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 2024, in run
      return self.fullUpgrade()
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1860, in fullUpgrade
      if not self.doPostInitialUpdate():
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 894, in doPostInitialUpdate
      self.quirks.run("PostInitialUpdate")
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py", line 99, in run
      func()
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py", line 121, in hirsutePostInitialUpdate
      self._test_and_fail_on_apple()
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py", line 375, in _test_and_fail_on_apple
      vendor = self._readDMIVendor()
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py", line 485, in _readDMIVendor
      vendor = f.read()
    File "/usr/lib/python3.8/codecs.py", line 322, in decode
      (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte
  Error in sys.excepthook:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 477, in add_to_existing
      self.write(f)
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 430, in write
      block = f.read(1048576)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.8/codecs.py", line 322, in decode
      (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte

  Original exception was:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/hirsute", line 8, in <module>
      sys.exit(main())
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 236, in main
      if app.run():
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 2024, in run
      return self.fullUpgrade()
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1860, in fullUpgrade
      if not self.doPostInitialUpdate():
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 894, in doPostInitialUpdate
      self.quirks.run("PostInitialUpdate")
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py", line 99, in run
      func()
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py", line 121, in hirsutePostInitialUpdate
      self._test_and_fail_on_apple()
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py", line 375, in _test_and_fail_on_apple
      vendor = self._readDMIVendor()
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-eyvhlkbh/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py", line 485, in _readDMIVendor
      vendor = f.read()
    File "/usr/lib/python3.8/codecs.py", line 322, in decode
      (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte

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