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[Julian Andres Klode <juliank@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Python provides PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(), but that returns a new bytes
object. We can get a char* from that, but we'd not be able to delete the
bytes object anymore, as we don't know the life time of the char* and
our function only returns a char*

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Title:
  Ubiquity crashes with UnicodeDecodeError in apt_pkg.size_to_str

Status in python-apt package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in python-apt source package in Raring:
  Won't Fix
Status in ubiquity source package in Raring:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  After Ubiquity finishes copying files, it creates the users on the system (Or a bit later), then crashes.
  I used Grub2 on my USB drive to boot the raring ISO via loopback. Installed with a custom partition layout (Reused old Home and formated Root).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.13.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.15-generic 3.8.0
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.330
  Date: Mon Feb 25 20:08:39 2013
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130225)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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