>From the research I've done, it looks like this is a result of the following change:
$ bzr log -r1369.34.1105 -p ------------------------------------------------------------ revno: 1369.34.1105 fixes bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1370259 committer: Martin Pitt <martin.p...@canonical.com> branch nick: apport timestamp: Thu 2015-01-08 11:20:16 +0100 message: * hookutils, attach_root_command_outputs(): Fix UnicodeDecodeError crash for non-textual values. (LP: #1370259) diff: === modified file 'NEWS' --- NEWS 2014-12-19 06:43:26 +0000 +++ NEWS 2015-01-08 10:20:16 +0000 @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ This file summarizes the major and interesting changes for each release. For a detailed list of changes, please see ChangeLog. +2.15.2 (UNRELEASED) +------------------ + * hookutils, attach_root_command_outputs(): Fix UnicodeDecodeError crash for + non-textual values. (LP: #1370259) + 2.15.1 (2014-12-19) ------------------- * Robustify report.test_get_timestamp test. === modified file 'apport/hookutils.py' --- apport/hookutils.py 2014-04-29 17:34:35 +0000 +++ apport/hookutils.py 2015-01-08 10:20:16 +0000 @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ # now read back the individual outputs for keyname in command_map: try: - with open(os.path.join(workdir, keyname)) as f: + with open(os.path.join(workdir, keyname), 'rb') as f: buf = f.read().strip() except IOError: # this can happen if the user dismisses authorization in This then makes the files added by the ubiquity hook bytes, which when then can't check for strings in. ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1446537 Title: apport hook fails in add_info with TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface Status in apport package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: on vivid ⟫ ubuntu-bug ubiquity dpkg-query: aucun paquet ne correspond à ubiquity ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_ubiquity.py crashed: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 197, in _run_hook symb['add_info'](report, ui) File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_ubiquity.py", line 61, in add_info if 'Buffer I/O error on device' in syslog: TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-14.14-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 21 10:15:56 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-03 (594 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130902) SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1446537/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
