Bug 467139

Summary:	rhn_check's action name sanity check is fragile for different locales
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	James Bowes <jbowes>
Component:	rhn-client-tools	Assignee:	Pradeep Kilambi <pkilambi>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Red Hat Satellite QA List <satqe-list>
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Version:	5.2	CC:	bkearney, bperkins, cperry, jhutar, syeghiay, tao, vgaikwad
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Description James Bowes 2008-10-15 22:20:46 UTC

Under the de_DE locale, the sanity() call in getMethod.py throws a unicodedecodeerror. The problem seems to come from using string.uppercase and string.lowercase, which are locale dependant. string.ascii_* should be used here instead, I believe.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-02 11:21:02 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1354.html