[New-bugs-announce] [issue25182] python -v crashes in nonencodable directory

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka:

$ pwd
/home/serhiy/py/cpy�thon-3.5
$ ./python -v
import _frozen_importlib # frozen
import _imp # builtin
import sys # builtin
import '_warnings' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import '_thread' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import '_weakref' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import '_frozen_importlib_external' # <class '_frozen_importlib.FrozenImporter'>
import '_io' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import 'marshal' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import 'posix' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import _thread # previously loaded ('_thread')
import '_thread' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
import _weakref # previously loaded ('_weakref')
import '_weakref' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
# installing zipimport hook
import 'zipimport' # <class '_frozen_importlib.BuiltinImporter'>
# installed zipimport hook
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
# destroy io
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
# destroy io
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 673, in _load_unlocked
# destroy io
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 658, in exec_module
# destroy io
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 759, in get_code
# destroy io
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 368, in _verbose_message
# destroy io
UnicodeEncodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't encode character '\udcff' in position 21: surrogates not allowed
# destroy encodings
Aborted (core dumped)

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messages: 251115
nosy: brett.cannon, eric.snow, ncoghlan, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: python -v crashes in nonencodable directory
type: crash
versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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