[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #4017: run addon failed > name 'unicode' is not defined

[GRASS GIS]

#4017: run addon failed > name 'unicode' is not defined
---------------------+---------------------------------
 Reporter:  1266     |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
     Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:
Component:  Default  |    Version:  git-releasebranch78
 Keywords:           |        CPU:  x86-64
 Platform:  Linux    |
---------------------+---------------------------------
 After installing grass 7.8.3 on debian buster my python2 scripts does not
 work anymore. Error message :
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/local/grass78/gui/wxpython/gui_core/forms.py",
 line 2866, in ParseCommand

 blackList=_blackList)
   File "/usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/script/task.py",
 line 522, in parse_interface

 tree = etree.fromstring(get_interface_description(name))
   File "/usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/script/task.py",
 line 498, in get_interface_description

 "\n\nDetails: <{det}>").format(cmd=cmd, det=decode(cmderr)))
 grass.exceptions
 .
 ScriptError
 :
 Unable to fetch interface description for command
 '<r.wtg.visibility>'.
 Details: <Traceback (most recent call last):
   File
 "/home/frank/.grass7/addons/scripts/r.wtg.visibility", line
 299, in <module>
     from grass.pygrass.utils import set_path
   File
 "/usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/pygrass/utils.py", line
 7, in <module>
     import grass.lib.gis as libgis
   File "/usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/lib/gis.py",
 line 4
 SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc3' in file
 /usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/lib/gis.py on line 5,
 but no encoding declared; see
 http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details
 >
 During handling of the above exception, another exception
 occurred:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/local/grass78/gui/wxpython/core/gconsole.py",
 line 493, in RunCmd

 task = GUI(show=None).ParseCommand(command)
   File "/usr/local/grass78/gui/wxpython/gui_core/forms.py",
 line 2868, in ParseCommand

 raise gcmd.GException(e.value)
 core.gcmd
 .
 GException
 :
 Unable to fetch interface description for command
 '<r.wtg.visibility>'.
 Details: <Traceback (most recent call last):
   File
 "/home/frank/.grass7/addons/scripts/r.wtg.visibility", line
 299, in <module>
     from grass.pygrass.utils import set_path
   File
 "/usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/pygrass/utils.py", line
 7, in <module>
     import grass.lib.gis as libgis
   File "/usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/lib/gis.py",
 line 4
 SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc3' in file
 /usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/lib/gis.py on line 5,
 but no encoding declared; see
 http://python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/ for details
 >
 During handling of the above exception, another exception
 occurred:
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/local/grass78/gui/wxpython/gui_core/prompt.py",
 line 413, in OnKeyPressed

 self._runCmd(self.GetCurLine()[0].strip())
   File "/usr/local/grass78/gui/wxpython/gui_core/prompt.py",
 line 120, in _runCmd

 self.promptRunCmd.emit(cmd=cmd)
   File
 "/usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/pydispatch/signal.py",
 line 229, in emit

 dispatcher.send(signal=self, *args, **kwargs)
   File "/usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/pydispatch/dispa
 tcher.py", line 349, in send

 **named
   File "/usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/pydispatch/robus
 tapply.py", line 60, in robustApply

 return receiver(*arguments, **named)
   File
 "/usr/local/grass78/gui/wxpython/gui_core/goutput.py", line
 120, in <lambda>

 self._gconsole.RunCmd(command=cmd))
   File "/usr/local/grass78/gui/wxpython/core/gconsole.py",
 line 496, in RunCmd

 message=unicode(e),
 NameError
 :
 name 'unicode' is not defined

 ----------------------
 If I add # -*- coding:UTF-8 -*- on first line in
 /usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/lib/gis.py and
 /usr/local/grass78/etc/python/grass/lib/raster.py my scripts seem to work
 (gui dispalyed)

 my LOCAL is LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/4017>
GRASS GIS <https://grass.osgeo.org>