[New-bugs-announce] [issue10097] platform.uname gives UnicodeError for non-ASCII computer names on Windows

[Martin v. Löwis]

New submission from Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de>:

Reportedly, platform.uname gives UnicodeError for non-ASCII computer names on Windows, see http://www.pasteall.org/16215

I think it is incorrect that _node uses socket.gethostname on Windows. uname() should return the local hostname (i.e. the one that the system itself believes to have), independent of the network configuration or DNS.

Therefore, I think it should return the COMPUTERNAME environment variable, or the result of the GetComputerName() API.

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messages: 118615
nosy: loewis
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: platform.uname gives UnicodeError for non-ASCII computer names on Windows
versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2

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