# HG changeset patch
# User hodgestar
# Date 1286747649 0
# Node ID c34c3c78eb3dd604f4fd946782dd145b82fa5993
# Parent  493e1ea770f067a4e8a5c9a80c3641f653e0573e
Allow missing encoding attribute on sys.stdout in case stdout has been replaced by, for example, a StringIO object (as is the case under nosetests).

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):