fix: Force UTF-8 encoding for pip subprocess#2918
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On non-UTF-8 systems, if your home directory contains non-ASCII characters, `pip download` can fail. This is because `virtualenv` expects the output of the `pip` subprocess to be UTF-8, but `pip` may default to a different encoding, causing a decoding error that results in `communicate()` returning `None` for the output streams. This change fixes the issue by explicitly setting `PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8` in the environment for the `pip` subprocess. This ensures that `pip`'s output is always UTF-8, preventing the decoding error. A new test has been added to verify that the `PYTHONIOENCODING` environment variable is correctly set. Fixes pypa#2780 Signed-off-by: Emre Şafak <3928300+esafak@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Emre Şafak <3928300+esafak@users.noreply.github.com>
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On non-UTF-8 systems, if your home directory contains non-ASCII characters,
pip downloadcan fail. This is becausevirtualenvexpects the output of thepipsubprocess to be UTF-8, butpipmay default to a different encoding, causing a decoding error that results incommunicate()returningNonefor the output streams.This change fixes the issue by explicitly setting
PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8in the environment for thepipsubprocess. This ensures thatpip's output is always UTF-8, preventing the decoding error.A new test has been added to verify that the
PYTHONIOENCODINGenvironment variable is correctly set.Fixes #2780 #2338
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