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[Bug 874493] Re: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _update_pkg_info_table(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 20: ordinal not in range(128)

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From: Gary Lasker <gary.lasker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:38:15 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 874493 <874493@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 868834 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868834

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 868834
   software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _update_pkg_info_table(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 8: ordinal not in range(128)

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Title:
  software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in
  _update_pkg_info_table(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in
  position 20: ordinal not in range(128)

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using Oneiric. I clicked on the picture that says 'Braid' and got
  this crash. See attached screenshot.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: software-center 5.0.1.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CheckboxSubmission: 3573f48fa99c25dbd591a823d1e74fe5
  CheckboxSystem: c69722ecac764861be52925fa50b4dcc
  Date: Fri Oct 14 20:13:22 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
  SourcePackage: software-center
  Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in _update_pkg_info_table(): 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 20: ordinal not in range(128)
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-13 (0 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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