Message 205472 - Python tracker
Here is a patch. $ LANG=C ./python -c "import os, sys, locale; print(sys.getfilesystemencoding(), sys.stdin.encoding, os.device_encoding(0), locale.getpreferredencoding())" -> Without the patch: ascii ANSI_X3.4-1968 ANSI_X3.4-1968 ANSI_X3.4-1968 -> With the patch: utf-8 utf-8 utf-8 ANSI_X3.4-1968