This isn't a terribly useful error message...pic.twitter.com/vXu6dV29od
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I'm about 90% sure with an error like that it's getting a bitstream from the input in a different encoding than what it can handle. Our software barfs in a similar way if the license file is opened and accidentally saved over as ASCII encoded, same with other config files.
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