Re: [gentoo-dev] Locale check in python_pkg_setup()

[Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis <Arfrever@gentoo.org>]

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A milder warning will be printed.

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Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis

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--- python.eclass
+++ python.eclass
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@
 	# Check if phase is pkg_setup().
 	[[ "${EBUILD_PHASE}" != "setup" ]] && die "${FUNCNAME}() can be used only in pkg_setup() phase"
 
+	local locale
+
 	if [[ "$#" -ne 0 ]]; then
 		die "${FUNCNAME}() does not accept arguments"
 	fi
@@ -407,6 +409,15 @@
 		unset -f python_pkg_setup_check_USE_flags
 	fi
 
+	if [[ "$(locale charmap)" != "UTF-8" ]]; then
+		locale="$(python -c 'import os; print(os.environ.get("LC_ALL", os.environ.get("LC_CTYPE", os.environ.get("LANG", "POSIX"))))')"
+		ewarn
+		ewarn "Currently used locale '${locale}' can cause UnicodeDecodeError or UnicodeEncodeError"
+		ewarn "exceptions. It is recommended to use a UTF-8 locale to avoid problems."
+		ewarn "See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/utf-8.xml for information on how to change locale."
+		ewarn
+	fi
+
 	PYTHON_PKG_SETUP_EXECUTED="1"
 }
 

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