Bug 243477 - UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 during installation in French
Summary: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 during installation ...
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 7
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-06-08 21:48 UTC by Guillaume Chazarain
Modified: 2008-05-15 04:16 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-05-15 04:16:39 UTC
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A bzip2 compressed dump of anaconda (27.23 KB, application/x-bzip2)
2007-06-08 21:48 UTC, Guillaume Chazarain
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Description Guillaume Chazarain 2007-06-08 21:48:03 UTC
An upgrade from fc6/x86_64 to fc7/x86_64 using a network install from a FTP
server accessing a DVD image, in French aborted while upgrading the first
package. Restarting the upgrade in English avoided the crash.

Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 164, in callback
    self.instLog.write(self.modeText % (nvra,))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 562, in
runTransaction
    errors = self.ts.run(cb.callback, '')
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 633, in _run
    self.runTransaction(cb=cb)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 608, in run
    self._run(instLog, cb, intf)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 1244, in doInstall
    self.ayum.run(self.instLog, cb, anaconda.intf, anaconda.id)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/backend.py", line 236, in doInstall
    anaconda.backend.doInstall(anaconda)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 203, in moveStep
    rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 605, in run
    anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 955, in <module>
    anaconda.intf.run(anaconda)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 5: ordinal
not in range(128)

Comment 1 Guillaume Chazarain 2007-06-08 21:48:03 UTC
Created attachment 156619 [details]
A bzip2 compressed dump of anaconda

Comment 2 Chris Lumens 2007-06-15 18:28:31 UTC
This should be fixed in the next build of anaconda.

Comment 3 Starchild 2008-05-13 22:55:03 UTC
I just tried to install fedora 9, Swedish. I got something similar,
unfortunately I haven't been able to save the output.

The problem occurs when it's checking the upgrade arch, f8 i386->f9 x86_64.
I suspect it's an unsupported jump, but I still don't think the anaconda
installer should try convert UTF-8 as ascii...

The final line is: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in
position 17: ordinal
not in range(128)

Comment 4 Starchild 2008-05-13 22:59:40 UTC
Right, should mention, position 17 in my complete name in the system is 'ΓΆ'.
I'll try to change it temporarily to see how it goes. And probably open another
bug for f9, as I doubt anyone will read this:p

Comment 5 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 12:57:02 UTC
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Comment 6 Chris Lumens 2008-05-15 04:16:39 UTC
We need to see the entire traceback to have a shot at fixing this, not just the
last line.  As this is almost certainly happening in a different place than the
original bug report, please open a new one.  Thanks.


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