bugfix for unicode test cases on machine with ascii locale. changed d…

…efault

value of _decode_errors from "strict" to "replace".  closes #123

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 *   Added exit_code attribute to SignalException and ErrorReturnCode exception
 	classes.
+
+*   Bugfix where throwing an ErrorReturnCode exception that had unicode on
+    a system with ascii encoding would fail a test. [#123](https://github.com/amoffat/sh/issues/123)
+
+*   Changed default value for `_decode_errors` from "strict" to "replace". [#123](https://github.com/amoffat/sh/issues/123)
+
 
 ## 1.08 - 1/29/12
 
@@ -13,7 +19,7 @@
 *   Bugfix where CommandNotFound was not being raised if Command was created
     by instantiation.  [#113](https://github.com/amoffat/sh/issues/113)
 
-*   Bugfix for Commands that are wrapped with functools.wraps() [#121](https://github.com/amoffat/sh/issues/121]
+*   Bugfix for Commands that are wrapped with functools.wraps() [#121](https://github.com/amoffat/sh/issues/121)
 
 *   Bugfix where input arguments were being assumed as ascii or unicode, but
     never as a string in a different encoding.

sh.py

@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ def __init__(self, full_cmd, stdout, stderr):
                 tstderr += ("... (%d more, please see e.stderr)" % err_delta).encode()
 
         msg = "\n\n  RAN: %r\n\n  STDOUT:\n%s\n\n  STDERR:\n%s" %\
-            (full_cmd, tstdout.decode(DEFAULT_ENCODING), tstderr.decode(DEFAULT_ENCODING))
+            (full_cmd, tstdout.decode(DEFAULT_ENCODING, "replace"),
+             tstderr.decode(DEFAULT_ENCODING, "replace"))
         super(ErrorReturnCode, self).__init__(msg)
 
 
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ class Command(object):
         "tty_out": True,
 
         "encoding": DEFAULT_ENCODING,
-        "decode_errors": "strict",
+        "decode_errors": "replace",
 
         # how long the process should run before it is auto-killed
         "timeout": 0,