1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/RepSys/log.py b/RepSys/log.py
index 756cf95..77b32db 100644
--- a/RepSys/log.py
+++ b/RepSys/log.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ import os
 import re
 import time
 import locale
+import codecs
 import glob
 import tempfile
 import shutil
 
-
 default_template = """
 #for $rel in $releases_by_author
 * $rel.date $rel.author_name <$rel.author_email> $rel.version-$rel.release
@@ -460,6 +460,11 @@ def specfile_svn2rpm(pkgdirurl, specfile, rev=None, size=None,
         submit=False, template=None, macros=[], exported=None):
     newlines = []
     found = 0
+
+    encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
+
+    def open(name, mode="r"):
+        return codecs.open(name, mode, encoding, errors="replace")
     
     # Strip old changelogs
     for line in open(specfile):