Leapp fails with UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte during the DNF transaction

Issue

• Leapp fails with the error UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte

• Following traceback reported in the leapp logs/rdsosreport :

  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]: 2024-04-15 14:44:13.675 ERROR    PID: 3 leapp.workflow.RPMUpgrade: Actor dnf_upgrade_transaction has crashed: Traceback (most recent call last):
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/leapp/repository/actor_definition.py", line 74, in _do_run
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:     actor_instance.run(*args, **kwargs)
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/leapp/actors/__init__.py", line 289, in run
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:     self.process(*args)
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:   File "/usr/share/leapp-repository/repositories/system_upgrade/common/actors/dnfupgradetransaction/actor.py", line 63, in process
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:     shutil.rmtree(userspace.path)
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/shutil.py", line 247, in rmtree
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:     elif onerror is None:
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/shutil.py", line 247, in rmtree
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:     elif onerror is None:
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/shutil.py", line 241, in rmtree
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:     is false and onerror is None, an exception is raised.
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 80, in join
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]:     # Trailing '/'es are stripped from head unless it is the root.
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]: UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 38: ordinal not in range(128)
  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]: 
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  [  605.414239] localhost upgrade[814]: Actor dnf_upgrade_transaction unexpectedly terminated with exit code: 1