# HG changeset patch
# User hodgestar
# Date 1286747775 0
# Node ID bc0db933706f9bc441e2e5dfad46999e73391c76
# Parent  5bbcbc18cc31efd172c2052f1b8877459617a6b2
0.6dev: Merged [917] from trunk.

diff --git a/bitten/build/api.py b/bitten/build/api.py
--- a/bitten/build/api.py
+++ b/bitten/build/api.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     try:
         return text.decode('utf-8')
     except UnicodeDecodeError:
-        return text.decode(sys.stdout.encoding, 'replace')
+        return text.decode(getattr(sys.stdout, 'encoding', 'utf-8'), 'replace')
 
 
 class CommandLine(object):