Convert2RHEL fails with error "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 333057-333059: ordinal not in range(128)"
Issue
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Convert2RHEL is failing with following error-
2025-01-16T07:22:08+0000] DEBUG - Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/convert2rhel/ main.py ", line 135, in main_locked gather_system_info() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/convert2rhel/ main.py ", line 379, in gather_system_info systeminfo.system_info.resolve_system_info() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/convert2rhel/ systeminfo.py ", line 175, in resolve_system_info self.generate_rpm_va() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/convert2rhel/ systeminfo.py ", line 423, in generate_rpm_va utils.store_content_to_file(output_file, rpm_va) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/convert2rhel/utils/__init__.py", line 321, in store_content_to_file handler.write(content) UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 333057-333059: ordinal not in range(128)
Environment
- CentOS Linux 7, 8
- Oracle Linux 7, 8, 9
- Alma Linux OS 8, 9
- Rocky Linux 8, 9
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