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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/uuid.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py index 694a8a9772d..a4e553247d9 100644 --- a/Lib/uuid.py +++ b/Lib/uuid.py @@ -321,9 +321,10 @@ def _find_mac(command, args, hw_identifiers, get_index): return None try: - # LC_MESSAGES to get English output, 2>/dev/null to - # prevent output on stderr - cmd = 'LC_MESSAGES=C %s %s 2>/dev/null' % (executable, args) + # LC_ALL to ensure English output, 2>/dev/null to prevent output on + # stderr (Note: we don't have an example where the words we search for + # are actually localized, but in theory some system could do so.) + cmd = 'LC_ALL=C %s %s 2>/dev/null' % (executable, args) with os.popen(cmd) as pipe: for line in pipe: words = line.lower().split() |