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Bug 702534 - Build failure with Python 3 in a POSIX locale
Build failure with Python 3 in a POSIX locale
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: libsoup
Classification: Core
Component: Misc
2.42.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: libsoup-maint@gnome.bugs
libsoup-maint@gnome.bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-06-18 07:58 UTC by Ross Lagerwall
Modified: 2013-07-13 15:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Attachments
A patch for the issue (1.02 KB, patch)
2013-06-18 07:58 UTC, Ross Lagerwall 		committed Details | Review

Description Ross Lagerwall 2013-06-18 07:58:33 UTC 
Created attachment 247098 [details] [review]
A patch for the issue

The build fails with a UnicodeDecodeError if the locale is not set to utf8, which may be the case in a build environment.

A patch to fix this is attached.

Cheers
Comment 1 Ross Lagerwall 2013-06-18 08:00:11 UTC 
I should add that the attached patch maintains compatibility with both Python 2 and 3.
Comment 2 Dan Winship 2013-07-13 15:40:50 UTC 
committed. thanks