Thanks for the additional info, Natim! I tested with escaping the French string and, as you can see at the attached screenshot, doing so would not be a proper fix.
Somehow we need to track down which code is causing the issue you have demonstrated. ** Attachment added: "software-properties_name-string.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1639743/+attachment/4775011/+files/software-properties_name-string.png ** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1639743 Title: `&` in french translaction "Logiciels & mises à jour" should be escaped as `&` Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: New Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: When running update-manager in French the "Logiciels & mises à jour" sentence make the update-manager to fail with an empty dialog. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1639743/+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