** Description changed: + [Impact] + + * Unattended-upgrades crashes at the end of its run before sending out + upgrade report email when dpkg's log contains invalid UTF-8 characters. + + + [Test Case] + + * Observe + https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/4617feba656f6ec216996b0f1f662ae13904b9f8 + not occurring again + + [Regression Potential] + + * The fix is minimal, only replacing invalid characters with �. + Regressions in u-u are unlikely but tools may break consuming + unattended-upgrades output in case they can't handle the replacement + marker. + + [Original Bug Text] + The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 0.98ubuntu1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/2fa32547e0d8e7186a0a805e3db6f50317c0dafa contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Traceback (most recent call last): - File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1706, in <module> - main(options) - File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1619, in main - log_content = get_dpkg_log_content(logfile_dpkg, install_start_time) - File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1229, in get_dpkg_log_content - for line in fp.readlines(): - File "/usr/lib/python3.6/codecs.py", line 321, in decode - (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final) + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1706, in <module> + main(options) + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1619, in main + log_content = get_dpkg_log_content(logfile_dpkg, install_start_time) + File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1229, in get_dpkg_log_content + for line in fp.readlines(): + File "/usr/lib/python3.6/codecs.py", line 321, in decode + (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final) UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode bytes in position 7912-7913: invalid continuation byte
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1737635 Title: Invalid UTF-8 characters in dpkg's log crash unattended-upgrade. Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] * Unattended-upgrades crashes at the end of its run before sending out upgrade report email when dpkg's log contains invalid UTF-8 characters. [Test Case] * Observe https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/4617feba656f6ec216996b0f1f662ae13904b9f8 not occurring again [Regression Potential] * The fix is minimal, only replacing invalid characters with �. Regressions in u-u are unlikely but tools may break consuming unattended-upgrades output in case they can't handle the replacement marker. [Original Bug Text] The Ubuntu Error Tracker has been receiving reports about a problem regarding unattended-upgrades. This problem was most recently seen with package version 0.98ubuntu1, the problem page at https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/2fa32547e0d8e7186a0a805e3db6f50317c0dafa contains more details, including versions of packages affected, stacktrace or traceback, and individual crash reports. If you do not have access to the Ubuntu Error Tracker and are a software developer, you can request it at http://forms.canonical.com/reports/. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1706, in <module> main(options) File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1619, in main log_content = get_dpkg_log_content(logfile_dpkg, install_start_time) File "/usr/bin/unattended-upgrade", line 1229, in get_dpkg_log_content for line in fp.readlines(): File "/usr/lib/python3.6/codecs.py", line 321, in decode (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final) UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode bytes in position 7912-7913: invalid continuation byte To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1737635/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
