Hmm, I had export LANG=C, then I started a new terminal such that the LANG variable was da_DK.UTF-8, then it succeed without error.
-- 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/1165569 Title: add-apt-repository crashes in non-UTF locale with UTF in key description Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: When using add-apt-repository under non-UTF locale to add a PPA with non-ascii characters, the following crash happens: gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp01qdlw/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp01qdlw/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key 95BF72AD from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: /tmp/tmp01qdlw/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 95BF72AD: public key "Launchpad PPA for Micha\xc5\x82 Sawicz" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) Exception in thread Thread-1: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.3/threading.py", line 639, in _bootstrap_inner self.run() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 141, in run self.add_ppa_signing_key(self.ppa_path) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 238, in add_ppa_signing_key tmp_export_keyring, signing_key_fingerprint, tmp_keyring_dir): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 190, in _verify_fingerprint got_fingerprints = self._get_fingerprints(keyring, keyring_dir) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 182, in _get_fingerprints output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, universal_newlines=True) File "/usr/lib/python3.3/subprocess.py", line 575, in check_output output, unused_err = process.communicate(timeout=timeout) File "/usr/lib/python3.3/subprocess.py", line 909, in communicate stdout = _eintr_retry_call(self.stdout.read) File "/usr/lib/python3.3/subprocess.py", line 476, in _eintr_retry_call return func(*args) File "/usr/lib/python3.3/encodings/ascii.py", line 26, in decode return codecs.ascii_decode(input, self.errors)[0] UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 94: ordinal not in range(128) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: software-properties-common 0.92.17 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.16-generic 3.8.0 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-7-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Apr 7 00:19:57 2013 MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-properties UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1165569/+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
