From 5dc89962babaae780da810f1ed0eb0595c6fc36b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Ralls <jralls@ceridwen.us>
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2013 23:54:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [r21899]GrampsLocale: Ensure self.encoding exists before
 testing it

svn: r21901
---
 gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
index 939a60395..018fab1e9 100644
--- a/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
+++ b/gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ class GrampsLocale(object):
 #Next, we need to know what is the encoding from the native
 #environment. This is used by python standard library funcions which
 #localize their output, e.g. time.strftime():
-        if not self.encoding:
+        if not (hasattr(self, 'encoding') and self.encoding):
             self.encoding = (locale.getpreferredencoding()
                              or sys.getdefaultencoding())
 #Ensure that output is encoded correctly to stdout and stderr. This is