This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.2.4
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software-center (5.2.4) precise-proposed; urgency=low
[ Michael Vogt ]
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp970627:
- fix intermittent crash when expunging the cache (LP: #970627)
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp971776:
- fix crash when a downloaded image is invalid for whatever
reason (network issues, proxy issues, pay-wall in between)
(LP: #971776)
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp967036-2:
- fix unicode error crash for people running with the
LANGUAGE=zh_CN.UTF-8 or zh_TW.UTF-8 (LP: #967036)
* lp:~mvo/software-center/cookie-jar:
- fix paypal support in the purchases window (LP: #1018347)
[ Gary Lasker ]
* debian/control:
- update vcs link to point to the 5.2 branch
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/previous-purchase-sorting-lp873104:
- return correct results when sorting the list of previous
purchases (LP: #873104)
*
lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/recommendations-string-change-lp986437-for-5.2:
- switch to the updated recommendations opt-in string now that the
corresponding language pack updates are released and available
(LP: #986437)
* lp:~gary-lasker/software-center/fix-lp920741:
- fix UnicodeDecodeError when a commercial app's title contains
a unicode character (LP: #920741)
[ Natalia Bidart ]
* lp:~nataliabidart/software-center/cant-stop-the-music:
- Stop the video if user navigates away from an app details page
(LP: #1003954).
-- Michael Vogt <michael.v...@ubuntu.com> Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:35:55 +0200
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/967036
Title:
software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in get_label():
'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0: ordinal not in
range(128) for apps with hardware requirements
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “software-center” source package in Precise:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[TEST CASE]
1. install chinese support via gnome-language-selector
2. run LANGUAGE=zh_CN.UTF-8 software-center ryzom
3. verify the crash (and that the UI looks chinese)
4. use software-center from precise-proposed (once its there)
5. run LANGUAGE=zh_CN.UTF-8 software-center ryzom
6. verify that it works (and that all UI looks chinese)
[REGRESSION POTENTIAL]
Extremely low, this fix is a simple unicode conversion.
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.1.13.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Mar 28 18:25:54 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with UnicodeDecodeError in get_label():
'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-15 (72 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
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