Bug 508422

Summary: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 15: ordinal not in range(128)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Florent Le Coz <louizatakk>
Component: yumAssignee: Seth Vidal <skvidal>
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 11CC: admin, covex, fedora, ffesti, james.antill, juergen.bullinger, martin.bund, mschmidt, nalimilan, pahan, paw980, petsof, pj, pmatilai, resver, tim.lauridsen, wrzoski
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Description Florent Le Coz 2009-06-27 00:49:06 UTC 
Description of problem:
just by doing :
yum provides gajim

We get this traceback :

Correspondance depuis :
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 178, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 352, in doCommands
    return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 560, in doCommand
    return base.provides(extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 829, in provides
    callback_has_matchfor=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2027, in searchPackageProvides
    callback(po, tmpvalues, args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 870, in matchcallback_verbose
    return self.matchcallback(po, values, matchfor, verbose=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 864, in matchcallback
    print self.fmtKeyValFill(key, item)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/codecs.py", line 351, in write
    data, consumed = self.encode(object, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 15: ordinal not in range(128)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3.2.23

How reproducible:
Always

Additional info:
Note that this may be caused by the fact that yum is translated in French (I'm using a french-localized Fedora) and may not be reproducible with other languages.
Comment 1 Andrew Nayenko 2009-08-02 17:01:29 UTC 
I get a similar crash on Fedora 11 x86_64 with Russian locale when trying to install a package from rawhide (yum crashes after hitting 'y'):

$ sudo yum update --enablerepo=rawhide gtk-murrine-engine
...
Running rpm_check_debug
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 261, in main
    return_code = base.doTransaction()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 424, in doTransaction
    print to_utf8(msg)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/codecs.py", line 351, in write
    data, consumed = self.encode(object, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 29: ordinal not in range(128)

When I explicitly set locale to 'C' I get the following:

$ LANG=C sudo yum update --enablerepo=rawhide gtk-murrine-engine
...
Running rpm_check_debug
ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
rpmlib(PayloadIsXz) <= 5.2-1 is needed by gtk-murrine-engine-0.90.3-2.fc12.x86_64
Complete!
(1, [u'Please report this error in http://yum.baseurl.org/report'])

Looks like yum crashed on attempt to print a localized error message.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Run command "sudo yum update -y --enablerepo=rawhide gtk-murrine-engine" with Russian locale.

Actual result:
yum crashes.

Expected result:
Error message about rpmlib incompatibility either in English or in Russian.

How reproducible:
Always

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
yum-3.2.23-3.fc11.noarch
rpm-4.7.0-2.fc11.x86_64

Additional info:

$ locale
LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="ru_RU.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
Comment 2 Sebastian Vahl 2009-08-05 07:09:15 UTC 
I'm also getting this behaviour with "yum provides", but only if the rpm I'm searching for is installed. If it is not installed the output is fine. Eg.

# rpm -q perl-Finance-Quote
perl-Finance-Quote-1.13-3.fc11.noarch
# rpm -q perl-Finance-Quote
perl-Finance-Quote-1.13-3.fc11.noarch

[...]

perl-Finance-Quote-1.13-3.fc11.noarch : A Perl module that retrieves stock and mutual fund quotes
Repo        : fedora
Übereinstimmung von:
Andere     : perl(Finance::Quote)



perl-Finance-Quote-1.13-3.fc11.noarch : A Perl module that retrieves stock and mutual fund quotes
Repo        : installed
Übereinstimmung von:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 178, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 352, in doCommands
    return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 560, in doCommand
    return base.provides(extcmds)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 829, in provides
    callback_has_matchfor=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 2027, in searchPackageProvides
    callback(po, tmpvalues, args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 870, in matchcallback_verbose
    return self.matchcallback(po, values, matchfor, verbose=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/output.py", line 864, in matchcallback
    print self.fmtKeyValFill(key, item)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/codecs.py", line 351, in write
    data, consumed = self.encode(object, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 20: ordinal not in range(128)
Comment 3 Peter 2009-10-06 05:43:02 UTC 
I am getting the same err, dont know why; last day worked ok :)


[petsof@c02-505a ~]$ yum info vlc
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit, rpm-warm-cache
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 311, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 180, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 349, in doCommands
    self._getTs(needTsRemove)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 100, in _getTs
    self._getTsInfo(remove_only)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 111, in _getTsInfo
    pkgSack = self.pkgSack
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 702, in <lambda>
    pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 538, in _getSacks
    self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 277, in populateSack
    sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 164, in populate
    if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 222, in _check_db_version
    return repo._check_db_version(mdtype)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1222, in _check_db_version
    repoXML = self.repoXML
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1386, in <lambda>
    repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1378, in _getRepoXML
    self._loadRepoXML(text=self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1368, in _loadRepoXML
    return self._groupLoadRepoXML(text, ["primary"])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1351, in _groupLoadRepoXML
    if self._commonLoadRepoXML(text):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1197, in _commonLoadRepoXML
    result = self._getFileRepoXML(local, text)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 976, in _getFileRepoXML
    cache=self.http_caching == 'all')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 797, in _getFile
    result = self.grab.urlgrab(misc.to_utf8(relative), local,
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 498, in <lambda>
    grab = property(lambda self: self._getgrab())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 493, in _getgrab
    self._setupGrab()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 482, in _setupGrab
    self._grab = mgclass(self._grabfunc, self.urls,
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 655, in <lambda>
    urls = property(fget=lambda self: self._geturls(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 652, in _geturls
    self._baseurlSetup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 606, in _baseurlSetup
    mirrorurls.extend(self._getMirrorList())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1625, in _getMirrorList
    print "Could not retrieve mirrorlist %s error was\n%s" % (url, e)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/codecs.py", line 351, in write
    data, consumed = self.encode(object, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 173: ordinal not in range(128)



[petsof@c02-505a ~]$ uname -a
Linux c02-505a 2.6.30.8-64.fc11.i686.PAE #1 SMP Fri Sep 25 04:56:58 EDT 2009 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Comment 4 paw980 2009-10-06 07:19:14 UTC 
I found that rpmfusion.org had problem, If I turn off these repositories, at me work,
maybe problem about LANG
LANG=C yum upgrade - it work
sorry my bad english
Comment 5 Thomas Janssen 2009-10-06 10:06:27 UTC 
*** Bug 527393 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Adam Pribyl 2009-10-07 10:57:49 UTC 
Not sure if this is exactly the same, but here is my traceback and when it occured:

Today my ISP was doing some repair on their network structure. During the day
when the connection to the internet was not available (while local network
worked), I got every hour or so a bit annoying window with a message about
unrecoverable error. This trace was attached:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py", line 2151, in
get_updates
    ygl = self.yumbase.doPackageLists(pkgnarrow='updates')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 1733, in
doPackageLists
    for (n,a,e,v,r) in self.up.getUpdatesList():
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 715, in
<lambda>
    up = property(fget=lambda self: self._getUpdates(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 595, in
_getUpdates
    self._up = rpmUtils.updates.Updates(self.rpmdb.simplePkgList(),
self.pkgSack.simplePkgList())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 702, in
<lambda>
    pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 538, in
_getSacks
    self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 277, in
populateSack
    sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 164, in populate
    if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 222, in
_check_db_version
    return repo._check_db_version(mdtype)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1222, in
_check_db_version
    repoXML = self.repoXML
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1386, in
<lambda>
    repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1378, in
_getRepoXML
    self._loadRepoXML(text=self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1368, in
_loadRepoXML
    return self._groupLoadRepoXML(text, ["primary"])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1351, in
_groupLoadRepoXML
    if self._commonLoadRepoXML(text):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1192, in
_commonLoadRepoXML
    if self._latestRepoXML(local):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1170, in
_latestRepoXML
    repomd = self.metalink_data.repomd
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 699, in <lambda>
    metalink_data = property(fget=lambda self: self._getMetalink(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 681, in
_getMetalink
    print "Could not get metalink $s error was \n$s" $(url, e)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/codecs.py", line 351, in write
    data, consumed = self.encode(object, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc4 in position 151:
ordinal not in range(128)

Originaly reported as packagekit bug at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24367
Comment 7 seth vidal 2009-10-07 14:46:52 UTC 
fixed upstream
Comment 8 Pavel Alexeev 2009-12-22 16:54:01 UTC 
I also bump to this error:
# yum provides '*/antiword' '*/catdoc' '*/word2x'
Loaded plugins: aliases, dellsysidplugin2, downloadonly, fastestmirror, list-data, presto, verify
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 311, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 180, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 349, in doCommands
    self._getTs(needTsRemove)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 100, in _getTs
    self._getTsInfo(remove_only)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 111, in _getTsInfo
    pkgSack = self.pkgSack
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 702, in <lambda>
    pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 538, in _getSacks
    self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 249, in populateSack
    self.doSetup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 83, in doSetup
    self.ayum.plugins.run('postreposetup')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 177, in run
    func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
  File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py", line 182, in postreposetup_hook
    if downgrade_ftp and _len_non_ftp(repo.urls) == 1:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 655, in <lambda>
    urls = property(fget=lambda self: self._geturls(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 652, in _geturls
    self._baseurlSetup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 606, in _baseurlSetup
    mirrorurls.extend(self._getMirrorList())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1625, in _getMirrorList
    print "Could not retrieve mirrorlist %s error was\n%s" % (url, e)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/codecs.py", line 351, in write
    data, consumed = self.encode(object, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 155: ordinal not in range(128)


Please provide update to stable Fedora 11.
Comment 9 martin.bund 2010-01-03 12:13:37 UTC 
(In reply to comment #7)
> fixed upstream  

@svidal: Where do I find the patch and how do I apply it?
I have the same problem as described in comment #6 (see the lines below).
Any help is apreciated, thanks in advance!

[root@mypc ~]# yum update yum
Geladene Plugins: dellsysidplugin2, kernel-module, refresh-packagekit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 311, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 180, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 349, in doCommands
    self._getTs(needTsRemove)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 100, in _getTs
    self._getTsInfo(remove_only)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 111, in _getTsInfo
    pkgSack = self.pkgSack
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 702, in <lambda>
    pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 538, in _getSacks
    self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 277, in populateSack
    sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 164, in populate
    if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 222, in _check_db_version
    return repo._check_db_version(mdtype)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1222, in _check_db_version
    repoXML = self.repoXML
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1386, in <lambda>
    repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1378, in _getRepoXML
    self._loadRepoXML(text=self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1368, in _loadRepoXML
    return self._groupLoadRepoXML(text, ["primary"])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1351, in _groupLoadRepoXML
    if self._commonLoadRepoXML(text):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1197, in _commonLoadRepoXML
    result = self._getFileRepoXML(local, text)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 976, in _getFileRepoXML
    cache=self.http_caching == 'all')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 797, in _getFile
    result = self.grab.urlgrab(misc.to_utf8(relative), local,
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 498, in <lambda>
    grab = property(lambda self: self._getgrab())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 493, in _getgrab
    self._setupGrab()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 482, in _setupGrab
    self._grab = mgclass(self._grabfunc, self.urls,
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 655, in <lambda>
    urls = property(fget=lambda self: self._geturls(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 652, in _geturls
    self._baseurlSetup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 606, in _baseurlSetup
    mirrorurls.extend(self._getMirrorList())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1625, in _getMirrorList
    print "Could not retrieve mirrorlist %s error was\n%s" % (url, e)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/codecs.py", line 351, in write
    data, consumed = self.encode(object, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 123: ordinal not in range(128)
[root@mypc ~]#
Comment 10 Tim Lauridsen 2010-01-03 15:49:16 UTC 
http://yum.baseurl.org/gitweb?p=yum.git;a=commitdiff;h=19007027602de8943edc8c82cf27f69c54c40269

It is included in the latest yum release 3.2.25
Comment 11 Tim Lauridsen 2010-01-03 15:52:27 UTC 
*** Bug 551972 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 livelace 2011-08-03 14:57:28 UTC 
[root@vm rhn-packages]# yum --version
3.2.29
  Installed: rpm-4.8.0-16.el6.x86_64 at 2011-06-19 12:00
  Built    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> at 2011-03-09 06:32
  Committed: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai> at 2011-03-09

  Installed: yum-3.2.29-17.el6.noarch at 2011-08-03 14:38
  Built    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> at 2011-04-28 17:43
  Committed: James Antill <james.antill> at 2011-04-28

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[root@vm rhn-packages]# yum update
Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 274, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 129, in main
    result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 432, in doCommands
    self._getTs(needTsRemove)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 99, in _getTs
    self._getTsInfo(remove_only)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 110, in _getTsInfo
    pkgSack = self.pkgSack
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 882, in <lambda>
    pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(),
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 668, in _getSacks
    self.repos.populateSack(which=repos)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 260, in populateSack
    self.doSetup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 72, in doSetup
    self.ayum.plugins.run('prereposetup')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 184, in run
    func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs))
  File "/usr/share/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 121, in prereposetup_hook
    str(e))
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateErrors.py", line 177, in __repr__
    "The message was:\n") + self.errmsg
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xd0 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Comment 13 Lukasz Wrzosek 2011-11-12 18:49:39 UTC 
[lukasz]::[localhost]~
<*> LC_ALL=C yum search -C bash
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit


[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/yum/i386/16/fedora/877fa92998aaf980f39dd4034e7bf68c223bd4741e43d25de94ebf4d1c38682f-comps-f16.xml'
[lukasz]::[localhost]~
<*> LC_ALL=pl_PL.UTF-8 yum search -C bash
Wczytane wtyczki: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 149, in main
    return exIOError(e)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 51, in exIOError
    logger.critical(_('\n\n%s') % exception2msg(e))
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc4 in position 20: ordinal not in range(128)
[lukasz]::[localhost]~
<*> yum --version
3.4.3
  Zainstalowane: rpm-4.9.1.2-1.fc16.i686 o 2011-11-11 18:57
  Zbudowane    : Fedora Project o 2011-09-29 13:58
  Wysłane: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai> o 2011-09-29

  Zainstalowane: yum-3.4.3-5.fc16.noarch o 2011-11-11 18:57
  Zbudowane    : Fedora Project o 2011-09-26 09:17
  Wysłane: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones> o 2011-09-26
Comment 14 Milan Bouchet-Valat 2012-01-01 14:52:27 UTC 
Same here when trying to remove a kernel package (from Rawhide, while I'm on F16):

# yum remove kernel-3.2.0-0.rc7.git3.1.fc17.x86_64
[...]
Test de la transaction en cours
ERREUR lors de la vérification de la transaction avec les dépendances :
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 223, in main
    return_code = base.doTransaction()
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 563, in doTransaction
    print to_utf8(msg)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/codecs.py", line 351, in write
    data, consumed = self.encode(object, self.errors)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 45: ordinal not in range(128)