Bug#979695: Bug in Package reportbug

[2704839@gmx.de]

Package: reportbug
Version: 7.9.0

Debian testing bullseye


When i start reportbug, its crashing, due to python error.


Terminal output:

ydna@debian:~$ reportbug
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe4 in position 3: invalid continuation byte

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

SystemError: <class 'UnicodeDecodeError'> returned a result with an error set

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

SystemError: <class 'UnicodeDecodeError'> returned a result with an error set

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

SystemError: <class 'UnicodeDecodeError'> returned a result with an error set

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

SystemError: <class 'UnicodeDecodeError'> returned a result with an error set

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 44, in <module>
    from reportbug import utils
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/reportbug/utils.py", line 108, in <module>
    _apt_cache = apt.Cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 152, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 214, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: <class 'apt_pkg.Cache'> returned a result with an error set