>From the research I've done, it looks like this is a result of the following change:
$ bzr log -r1369.34.1105 -p ------------------------------------------------------------ revno: 1369.34.1105 fixes bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1370259 committer: Martin Pitt <[email protected]> branch nick: apport timestamp: Thu 2015-01-08 11:20:16 +0100 message: * hookutils, attach_root_command_outputs(): Fix UnicodeDecodeError crash for non-textual values. (LP: #1370259) diff: === modified file 'NEWS' --- NEWS 2014-12-19 06:43:26 +0000 +++ NEWS 2015-01-08 10:20:16 +0000 @@ -1,6 +1,11 @@ This file summarizes the major and interesting changes for each release. For a detailed list of changes, please see ChangeLog. +2.15.2 (UNRELEASED) +------------------ + * hookutils, attach_root_command_outputs(): Fix UnicodeDecodeError crash for + non-textual values. (LP: #1370259) + 2.15.1 (2014-12-19) ------------------- * Robustify report.test_get_timestamp test. === modified file 'apport/hookutils.py' --- apport/hookutils.py 2014-04-29 17:34:35 +0000 +++ apport/hookutils.py 2015-01-08 10:20:16 +0000 @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ # now read back the individual outputs for keyname in command_map: try: - with open(os.path.join(workdir, keyname)) as f: + with open(os.path.join(workdir, keyname), 'rb') as f: buf = f.read().strip() except IOError: # this can happen if the user dismisses authorization in This then makes the files added by the ubiquity hook bytes, which when then can't check for strings in. ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1446537 Title: apport hook fails in add_info with TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1446537/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
