Executing katello-tracer-upload command shows UnicodeWarning: decode() called on unicode string warnings.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running katello-tracer-upload command shows following warning messages on client system when trying to upload the tracer profile:

    # katello-tracer-upload 
    Updating Subscription Management repositories.
    /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tracer/packageManagers/rpm.py:201: UnicodeWarning: decode() called on unicode string, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1693751
    package.description = hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_SUMMARY].decode()
    
    /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tracer/packageManagers/rpm.py:202: UnicodeWarning: decode() called on unicode string, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1693751
    package.category = hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_GROUP].decode()
    
    /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tracer/packageManagers/rpm.py:208: UnicodeWarning: decode() called on unicode string, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1693751
    package.version = hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_VERSION].decode()
    
    /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tracer/packageManagers/rpm.py:209: UnicodeWarning: decode() called on unicode string, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1693751
    package.release = hdr[rpm.RPMTAG_RELEASE].decode()
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3

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