Source: gnuradio Version: 3.7.13.4-4 Severity: important Running gr_modtool results in a mystifying Python error: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe8 in position 5: invalid continuation byte
That is a Debian packaging of gnuradio bug that mint inherited. This is also found in Debian 10 "Buster" gnuradio 3.7.13.4-4. And likely also in recent Ubuntu releases. The problem comes from Python byte-compiled files used as templates. The solution is to remove all .pyc files found under /usr/share/gnuradio/modtool/gr-newmod especially: /usr/share/gnuradio/modtool/gr-newmod/python/build_utils_codes.pyc /usr/share/gnuradio/modtool/gr-newmod/python/build_utils.pyc /usr/share/gnuradio/modtool/gr-newmod/python/__init__.pyc Recent (gnuradio 3.8) Debian packages no longer byte-compile any Python under /usr/share/gnuradio/ - solving this problem. Easiest end-user quick fix is just `sudo rm /usr/share/gnuradio/modtool/gr-newmod/python/*pyc` Correct packaging fix is to add a debian/gnuradio.bcep file containing dir|-4.0|/usr/share/gnuradio/|.* to keep the .pyc files out of the template and example directories. Thanks César for reporting this, -Maitland
