# HG changeset patch
# User osimons
# Date 1259138221 0
# Node ID 4d85133f6c23cfb88f585c8045edeadbffc6fa4c
# Parent  cc620fb0ee60550d8e3d7bc5ab65a0516d941e88
0.6dev: Merge [795] from trunk.

diff --git a/bitten/build/shtools.py b/bitten/build/shtools.py
--- a/bitten/build/shtools.py
+++ b/bitten/build/shtools.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 """Generic recipe commands for executing external processes."""
 
+import codecs
 import logging
 import os
 import shlex
@@ -118,12 +119,12 @@
         shell = True
 
     if input_:
-        input_file = file(resolve(input_), 'r')
+        input_file = codecs.open(resolve(input_), 'r', 'utf-8')
     else:
         input_file = None
 
     if output:
-        output_file = file(resolve(output), 'w')
+        output_file = codecs.open(resolve(output), 'w', 'utf-8')
     else:
         output_file = None