Uploading RPM's to a custom repository fails with `unexpected error occurred importing uploaded file: ascii codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 850: ordinal not in range(128)` error.

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Issue

  • Uploading RPM packages to a custom repository using hammer command fails with the below error:

    'unexpected error occurred importing uploaded file: ''ascii'' codec can''t decode byte 0xe2 in position 850: ordinal not in range(128)'
Katello::Errors::PulpError
PLP0047: The importer yum_importer indicated a failed response when uploading rpm unit to repository test.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.2

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