[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3874: Encode error in g.extension, add-ons not written in GUI

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#3874: Encode error in g.extension, add-ons not written in GUI
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 Reporter:  veroandreo  |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
     Type:  defect      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal      |  Milestone:  7.8.0
Component:  Addons      |    Version:  svn-trunk
 Keywords:              |        CPU:  x86-64
 Platform:  Linux       |
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 I just compiled grass77 in a colleague's Linux Mint 19.1 Cinamon laptop
 following the instructions here:
 https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install#Linux_Mint

 All is fine, but when we install **any** add-on, we get:
 {{{
 g.extension r.seasons
 Fetching <r.seasons> from GRASS GIS Addons repository (be patient)...
 Compiling...
 Installing...
 Updating addons metadata file...
 Updating private addons metadata file...
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 1933, in <module>
     sys.exit(main())
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 1913, in main
     install_extension(source=source, url=url, xmlurl=xmlurl)
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 704, in install_extension
     blist = install_private_extension_xml(tmp_dir, mlist)
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 1006, in install_private_extension_xml
     write_xml_modules(xml_file, tree)
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 603, in write_xml_modules
     (' ' * indent, tnode.find('keywords').text))
 UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe1' in
 position 19: ordinal not in range(128)

 GRASS 7.7.dev (nc_basic_spm_grass7):~ > g.extension extension=v.class.mlR
 Fetching <v.class.mlR> from GRASS GIS Addons repository (be patient)...
 Compiling...
 Installing...
 Updating addons metadata file...
 Updating private addons metadata file...
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 1933, in <module>
     sys.exit(main())
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 1913, in main
     install_extension(source=source, url=url, xmlurl=xmlurl)
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 704, in install_extension
     blist = install_private_extension_xml(tmp_dir, mlist)
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 1006, in install_private_extension_xml
     write_xml_modules(xml_file, tree)
   File "/home/carla/software/grass-7.7.git/dist.x86_64-pc-linux-
 gnu/scripts/g.extension", line 603, in write_xml_modules
     (' ' * indent, tnode.find('keywords').text))
 UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xf3' in
 position 29: ordinal not in range(128)
 }}}

 The add-on is indeed installed, but it is not added to the list of
 extensions in the GUI. I cannot reproduce any of this in my Fedora box
 with freshly re-compiled grass77 with locale in English.

 Locale is in Spanish for Argentina, but there's no special characters in
 her user:

 {{{
 LANG=es_AR
 LANGUAGE=es_AR
 LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C
 LC_TIME=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_COLLATE=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_MONETARY=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_PAPER=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_NAME=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_ADDRESS=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_TELEPHONE=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_MEASUREMENT=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_IDENTIFICATION=es_AR.UTF-8
 LC_ALL=
 }}}

 System info:

 {{{
 Versión de GRASS: 7.7.dev
 Code revision: fca1b4079
 Fecha de compilación: 2019-07-18
 Construir plataforma: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
 GDAL: 2.2.3
 PROJ.4: 4.9.3
 GEOS: 3.6.2
 SQLite: 3.22.0
 Python: 2.7.15+
 wxPython: 3.0.2.0
 Plataforma: Linux-4.15.0-54-generic-x86_64-with-LinuxMint-19.1-tessa
 }}}


 ps: she is also getting an encode/decode error when trying to display a
 raster from GUI:

 {{{
 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 17: ordinal not in
 range(128)
 }}}

 however, she accepts the error and the raster is displayed anyway...

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/3874>
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