1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/BuildManager/package.py b/BuildManager/package.py
index b9646a5..031e36e 100644
--- a/BuildManager/package.py
+++ b/BuildManager/package.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from collections import UserList
 import subprocess
 import os
 import re
+import codecs
 
 class BuildManagerFileError(Error): pass
 class BuildManagerPackageError(Error): pass
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ class _package_spec(_package):
         self.builddir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(self.absfile))
         ret = os.system("mkdir -p %s/{SOURCES,SPECS,BUILD,SRPMS,RPMS,BUILDROOT}" % self.builddir)
         try:
-            f = open(self.spec,"r")
+            f = codecs.open(self.spec, "r", 'utf-8', errors = "replace")
         except IOError as e:
             raise BuildManagerFileError("couldn't open spec file %s" % self.absfile)
         defines = {}