Package: reportbug
Version: 6.6.3
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
During the initial configuration of reportbug I was prompted for a real name.
Unfortunately using umlauts results in the following exception:
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What real name should be used for sending bug reports?
[root]> Linus Lüssing
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 2211, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1081, in main
return iface.user_interface()
File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1197, in user_interface
offer_configuration(self.options)
File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 578, in offer_configuration
realname = realname.decode(charset, 'replace')
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode
return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xfc' in position 7:
ordinal not in range(128)
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Regards, Linus
-- Package-specific info:
** Environment settings:
INTERFACE="text"
** /root/.reportbugrc:
reportbug_version "6.6.3"
mode standard
ui text
realname "Linus Luessing"
email "linus.luess...@c0d3.blue"
no-check-uid
no-cc
header "X-Debbugs-CC: linus.luess...@c0d3.blue"
smtphost reportbug.debian.org
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-586
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
ii apt 1.0.9.8.2
ii python 2.7.9-1
ii python-reportbug 6.6.3
pn python:any <none>
reportbug recommends no packages.
Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
pn claws-mail <none>
pn debconf-utils <none>
pn debsums <none>
pn dlocate <none>
pn emacs23-bin-common | emacs24-bin-common <none>
ii file 1:5.22+15-2+deb8u1
ii gnupg 1.4.18-7
ii msmtp-mta [mail-transport-agent] 1.4.32-2
pn python-gtk2 <none>
pn python-gtkspell <none>
pn python-urwid <none>
pn python-vte <none>
pn xdg-utils <none>
Versions of packages python-reportbug depends on:
ii apt 1.0.9.8.2
ii python-debian 0.1.27
ii python-debianbts 1.12
pn python:any <none>
python-reportbug suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
