I got similar traceback, when I tried update system to 13.10: >> upgrade-manager -d Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-ttstdv/saucy", line 10, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-ttstdv/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 240, in main save_system_state(logdir) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-ttstdv/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 133, in save_system_state scrub_sources=True) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-ttstdv/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 149, in save_state self._write_state_sources_list(tar, scrub_sources) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-ttstdv/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 241, in _write_state_sources_list "./etc/apt/sources.list.d/"+source) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-ttstdv/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 252, in _add_file_to_tar_with_password_check source_copy.write(line) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe1' in position 82: ordinal not in range(128)
or Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade", line 108, in <module> print(_("Checking for a new Ubuntu release")) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\xed' in position 4: ordinal not in range(128) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001335 Title: do-release-upgrade crashed with UnicodeEncodeError in /usr/lib/update- manager/check-new-release: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe7' in position 8: ordinal not in range(128) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1001335/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs