Public bug reported: Trying to upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 using a Hebrew locale I experience this, then update-manager quits:
yotam@aku:~$ sudo update-manager -d [sudo] password for yotam: מתבצעת בדיקה להימצאות גרסה חדשה של אובונטו אימות 'saucy.tar.gz' כנגד 'saucy.tar.gz.gpg' 'saucy.tar.gz' מחולץ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-3jxib8/saucy", line 10, in <module> sys.exit(main()) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-3jxib8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 240, in main save_system_state(logdir) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-3jxib8/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 133, in save_system_state scrub_sources=True) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-3jxib8/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 149, in save_state self._write_state_sources_list(tar, scrub_sources) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-3jxib8/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 241, in _write_state_sources_list "./etc/apt/sources.list.d/"+source) File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-3jxib8/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 252, in _add_file_to_tar_with_password_check source_copy.write(line) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 68-71: ordinal not in range(128) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.186.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-28.41-generic 3.8.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-28-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Aug 14 02:24:29 2013 GsettingsChanges: b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1376436121' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'590' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'555' InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-05-19 (1182 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-08-13 (0 days ago) ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug gnome3-ppa raring third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212025 Title: Upgrading to Saucy crashes in Hebrew locale with a unicode error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1212025/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs