[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #2869: Default locale not found

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#2869: Default locale not found
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 Reporter:  pmav99       |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
     Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  7.1.0
Component:  Default      |    Version:  svn-trunk
 Keywords:               |        CPU:  Unspecified
 Platform:  Unspecified  |
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 I compiled GRASS on a docker container running Ubuntu 14.04.3. I am using
 trunk [67593] and I get the following traceback:
 {{{#!python
 grassuser at c4219210d562:/usr/local/src$ grass
 WARNING: Default locale settings are missing. GRASS running with C locale.
 WARNING: Searched for a web browser, but none found
 Starting GRASS GIS...
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/grass", line 1937, in <module>
     main()
   File "/usr/bin/grass", line 1834, in main
     grass_gui = check_gui(expected_gui=grass_gui)
   File "/usr/bin/grass", line 721, in check_gui
     p.stdin.write("variable=True".encode(ENCODING))
 TypeError: encode() argument 1 must be string, not None
 }}}
 This is easily fixed by setting one of the relevant env variables, e.g.:
 {{{#!bash
 grassuser at c4219210d562:/usr/local/src$ echo $LC_ALL

 grassuser at c4219210d562:/usr/local/src$ export LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8
 grassuser at c4219210d562:/usr/local/src$ grass
 WARNING: Searched for a web browser, but none found
 Starting GRASS GIS...
 }}}
 But since the documentation states that `getdefaultlocale()` may return
 none, it might make sense to fallback to a default locale before giving
 up.
 {{{#!python
 ENCODING = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1] or "utf-8"
 }}}
 If this is not desirable, then adding an explicit error message would
 certainly be more user friendly:
 {{{#!python
 if ENCODING is None:
     sys.exit("Default locale not found ... ")
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/2869>
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