[DRE-maint] Bug#1126592: apt-listbugs: error returning message about incompatible character encodings using LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8

[Francesco Poli]

Control: reassign -1 ruby-soap4r 2.0.5-9
Control: affects -1 + apt-listbugs
Control: forcemerge 749193 -1


On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:28:37 +0100 Jean-Marc wrote:

[...]
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I got error using apt-listbugs with my default LANG set up.

Hello Jean-Marc,
thanks for your bug report.

> 
> If I run it using LANG=C, it works:
> 
> $ env LANG=C apt-listbugs list apt
> 
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> serious bugs of apt (-> ) <Outstanding>
>  b1 - #1078608 - apt update silently leaves old index data
> grave bugs of apt (-> ) <Resolved in some Version>
>  b2 - #1111554 - apt - daily job spams "Tried to start delayed item […], but failed" (Fixed: apt/3.1.8)
>    Merged with: 1124940
> Summary:
>  apt(2 bugs)
> 
> Using my default LANG env variable (fr_BE.UTF-8), it crashes:
> 
> $ env | grep ^LANG=
> LANG=fr_BE.UTF-8
> 
> $ apt-listbugs list apt
> 
> Récupération des rapports de bogue… Fait
> Analyse des informations Trouvé/Corrigé… Fait
> bogues de gravité serious sur apt (→ ) <En attente de traitement>
>  b1 - #1078608 - apt update silently leaves old index data
> bogues de gravité grave sur apt (→ ) <Résolus dans une version donnée>
> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:920:in `+': incompatible character encodings: ASCII-8BIT and UTF-8 (Encoding::CompatibilityError)
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:920:in `block (4 levels) in display_bugs'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/debian/bug.rb:69:in `block in each_by_category'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/debian/bug.rb:68:in `each'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/debian/bug.rb:68:in `each_by_category'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:899:in `block (3 levels) in display_bugs'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:895:in `each'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:895:in `block (2 levels) in display_bugs'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:894:in `each'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:894:in `block in display_bugs'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:893:in `each'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:893:in `display_bugs'
> 	from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/aptlistbugs/logic.rb:538:in `view'
> 	from /usr/bin/apt-listbugs:254:in `<main>'
> 
> Maybe because of the 3-dots character in bug #1111554 description.
[...]

Yes, you appear to have encountered bug [#749193].

[#749193]: <https://bugs.debian.org/749193>

See especially messages [20] and [33].

[20]: <https://bugs.debian.org/749193#20>
[33]: <https://bugs.debian.org/749193#33>

I am reassigning the bug report to package ruby-soap4r and merging.
I hope this bug can be fixed, although the ruby-soap4r library has seen
very little development lately...

Bye.

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