This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 5.1.14
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software-center (5.1.14) precise; urgency=low
[ Michael Vogt ]
* lp:~mvo/software-center/lp962580:
- add locking to the expunge helper process to fix bugs that are triggered
if multiple expunge cache
I had the same problem caused by curly quotes (\u201c, \u201d) around
the computer name. I'm not familiar with GObject, but it seems to be
happy with utf-8 (inserted before line 54 of appstore2.py):
display_name = display_name.encode('utf-8')
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Importance: Undecided = Low
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) = Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)
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Thanks eryksun! I have implemented a variant of your suggestion as the
fix in the attached branch (we have a generic utility function that we
use for these sorts of errors).
Thanks again!
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Hi Timothy, and thank you for your bug report. Could you please try
running Software Center from a terminal window as follows:
$ software-center
And then try again to access your software list from the other computer.
If it hangs again, please paste any output in the terminal to this bug
2012-03-27 09:36:14,931 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.em - INFO - EM's: 17 15 21
2012-03-27 09:36:17,270 - softwarecenter.backend.reviews - WARNING - Could not
get usefulness from server, no username in config file
2012-03-27 09:36:17,480 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.utils - INFO - Softwarecenter
style
Thanks Timothy, that looks like what we needed!
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Confirmed
** Summary changed:
- Ubuntu Software Center, sync between computers hangs
+ Ubuntu Software Center, sync between computers hangs due to UnicodeEncodeError
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Ubuntu Software Center, sync between computers hangs
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