[python-debian/master] Bug#495272: deb822 cannot handle unicode fields

[Jonny Lamb]

Package: python-debian
Version: 0.1.11
Severity: important
Tags: patch

Hi,

When executing the "dump" method when there is unicode in one of the
fields in the rfc822 file a UnicodeDecodeError is raised. An example of
this and a traceback can be seen in [0].

This can easily be reproduced by getting a dsc file and throwing some
awkward characters in the Maintainer field, then executing:

 >>> from debian_bundle import deb822
 >>> a = deb822.Dsc(file(filename))
 >>> a.dump

I attach a patch (you can easily apply with git-am(1)) to try and fix
this problem.

Regards,

0. http://debexpo.workaround.org/trac/ticket/68

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