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Diffstat (limited to 'apt')
| -rw-r--r-- | apt/package.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt/package.py b/apt/package.py index af5dd327..39e2993c 100644 --- a/apt/package.py +++ b/apt/package.py @@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ class Package(object): desc_iter = ver.TranslatedDescription self._records.Lookup(desc_iter.FileList.pop(0)) desc = "" - for line in string.split(unicode(self._records.LongDesc,"utf-8"),"\n"): + try: + s = unicode(self._records.LongDesc,"utf-8") + except UnicodeDecodeError,e: + s = _("Invalid unicode in description for '%s' (%s). " + "Please report.") % (name,e) + for line in string.split(s,"\n"): tmp = string.strip(line) if tmp == ".": desc += "\n" |