pgadmin4-server 9.17 fails to install on Ubuntu 26.04: non-ASCII filename (U+1D70B) in venv/bin causes EPERM

[ZakaryaMeddahi]

Description

Installing pgadmin4-server 9.17 from the APT repository on Ubuntu 26.04 (resolute) fails during unpack. dpkg cannot create a file in the venv whose name contains a non-ASCII character -- U+1D70B (MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL PI) appears where py would be expected, giving 𝜋thon instead of python.

The package ships a 7,473,032-byte executable under that name, alongside an otherwise normal symlinked venv:

-rwxr-xr-x root/root  7473032 2026-07-30 04:17 ./usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/𝜋thon
lrwxrwxrwx root/root        0 2026-07-30 04:23 ./usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/python -> python3
lrwxrwxrwx root/root        0 2026-07-30 04:23 ./usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/python3 -> /usr/bin/python3.14
lrwxrwxrwx root/root        0 2026-07-30 04:23 ./usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/python3.14 -> python3

Nothing in the package references it -- all shebangs point to /usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/python3. The only reference is in sbom-server.json, which records the build path:

/gssame/jenkins/workspace/pgadmin-4-deb-build/label/ubuntu-2604/debian-build/server/usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/𝜋thon

That suggests the mis-encoded name originates in the 26.04 build job rather than downstream.

To Reproduce

1. Fresh Ubuntu 26.04 x86_64, APT repository configured per https://www.pgadmin.org/download/pgadmin-4-apt/
2. Run sudo apt install pgadmin4-desktop
3. Unpack fails; pgadmin4-desktop is left unconfigured with unmet dependencies

Expected behavior

The package installs cleanly and the venv contains no stray binary.

Error message

Preparing to unpack …/pgadmin4-server_9.17_amd64.deb…
Unpacking pgadmin4-server (9.17)…
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/pgadmin4-server_9.17_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 unable to open '/usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/𝜋thon.dpkg-new': Operation not permitted
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/pgadmin4-server_9.17_amd64.deb
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

strace of the failing syscall, showing the raw bytes:

openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/pgadmin4/venv/bin/\360\235\234\213thon.dpkg-new", O_WRONLY) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)

Screenshots

N/A -- full error text included above.

Desktop:

• OS: Ubuntu 26.04 (resolute), x86_64
• pgAdmin version: 9.17
• Mode: Desktop
• Browser (if running in server mode): N/A
• Package type: DEB

Additional context

The same version built for noble is unaffected:

• pgadmin4-server_9.17-1.noble_amd64.deb -- no non-ASCII filenames
• pgadmin4-server_9.17-1.resolute_amd64.deb -- contains venv/bin/𝜋thon

This appears specific to the ubuntu-2604 build label.

All three versions currently published for resolute are affected:

Version	Build date	File
9.17	2026-07-30	venv/bin/𝜋thon, 7473032 bytes
9.16	2026-06-17	venv/bin/𝜋thon, 7473032 bytes
9.15	(from package)	venv/bin/𝜋thon, 7473032 bytes

Byte size is identical across all three, suggesting a stable artifact of the build process rather than a per-release fluke. There is no unaffected DEB to fall back to on 26.04.

Package SHA256 is 05841d250eae8cc57745eba08317dd3f2a6d8aac566bf8aee1ee06d1fa4f4e50, matching the repository index, so the file is intact as published.

I have not determined why the write is refused specifically under /usr -- creating the same filename in /tmp and $HOME succeeds. I did not execute the binary.