[Bug 1051760] [NEW] Ubuntu 12.04 root python got “unknown encoding: utf-8”

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

You have been subscribed to a public bug:

python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Aug  1 2012, 05:14:39) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> u'foo'.encode('utf-8')
'foo'
>>> 

sudo python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Aug  1 2012, 05:14:39) 
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> u'foo'.encode('utf-8')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
LookupError: unknown encoding: utf-8
>>>
--- 
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: python 2.7.3-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=zh:zh_CN:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic 3.2.27
Tags:  precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-29 (140 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev sambashare scanner tape vboxusers video

** Affects: python2.7 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-collected bot-comment precise
-- 
Ubuntu 12.04 root python got “unknown encoding: utf-8”
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051760
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to python2.7 in Ubuntu.