[Reportbug-maint] Bug#524297: Bug#524297: `reportbug --configure' tries to decode u''

[chaica at ohmytux.com]

tags 524297 patch
stop

Hi,

Here is a patch to solve the issue.

Regards,
Carl Chenet

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:55:10 -0400, James Vega <jamessan at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: reportbug
> Version: 4.1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1831, in <module>
>     main()
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 848, in main
>     return iface.user_interface()
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 870, in user_interface
>     offer_configuration(self.options)
>   File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 470, in offer_configuration
>     default=(options.email or def_email), force_prompt=True)
>   File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/reportbug/ui/text_ui.py", line 246,
in
>   get_string
>     response = unicode(response, charset, 'replace')
> TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported
> 
> This is happening because the unicode object that utils.get_email()
returns
> in
> offer_configuration() isn't decoded before being passed as the default
> kwarg
> to get_string().  decoding first (like is done for def_realname) or
> changing
> get_string() to check whether response is already unicode should fix the
> problem.
> 
> Currently, this prevents reportbug from ever writing out the initial
config
> on
> my system.
> 
> -- Package-specific info:
> ** Environment settings:
> DEBEMAIL="jamessan at debian.org"
> DEBFULLNAME="James Vega"
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: squeeze/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> 
> Versions of packages reportbug depends on:
> ii  apt                           0.7.20.2   Advanced front-end for dpkg
> ii  python                        2.5.4-2    An interactive high-level
> object-o
> ii  python-reportbug              4.1        Python modules for
interacting
> wit
> 
> reportbug recommends no packages.
> 
> Versions of packages reportbug suggests:
> pn  debconf-utils                 <none>     (no description available)
> pn  debsums                       <none>     (no description available)
> pn  dlocate                       <none>     (no description available)
> ii  file                          5.00-1     Determines file type using
> "magic"
> ii  gnupg                         1.4.9-4    GNU privacy guard - a free
PGP
> rep
> ii  postfix [mail-transport-agent 2.5.5-1.1  High-performance mail
> transport ag
> pn  python-gnome2-extras          <none>     (no description available)
> ii  python-gtk2                   2.14.1-2   Python bindings for the GTK+
> widge
> pn  python-urwid                  <none>     (no description available)
> pn  python-vte                    <none>     (no description available)
> 
> -- no debconf information
> 
> 
> 
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From 12580a96bcaca29d5a0cc02133dd9b82c3056a52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: carl <carl at bureau-carl.(none)>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:57:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Decode def_email

---
 bin/reportbug |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/reportbug b/bin/reportbug
index 47fc7d7..9d6a7cf 100755
--- a/bin/reportbug
+++ b/bin/reportbug
@@ -455,6 +455,11 @@ def offer_configuration(options):
     def_realname, def_email = utils.get_email()
 
     try:
+        def_email = def_email.encode(charset, 'replace')
+    except UnicodeDecodeError:
+        def_email = ''
+
+    try:
         if options.realname:
             realname = options.realname.encode(charset, 'replace')
         else:
-- 
1.5.6.3