3.5 broke Python "failed to get the locale encoding"

Bug report

Thanks for filing an issue! Please answer the questions below so I can help you.

  • iTerm2 version: 3.5.0
  • OS version: 14.5
  • Attach ~/Library/Preferences/com.googlecode.iterm2.plist here (drag-drop from finder into this window)
  • com.googlecode.iterm2.plist
  • Attach a debug log, if possible.
  • Attach a screen capture video if it would make the reproduction steps clearer.

Detailed steps to reproduce the problem

  1. I upgraded iTerm 2 to 3.5.0
  2. I cannot start python in a direnv-ed dir, I get the following error:
Fatal Python error: config_get_locale_encoding: failed to get the locale encoding: nl_langinfo(CODESET) failed
Python runtime state: preinitialized

What happened

Get error

What should have happened

Python should open

I had to revert to 3.4.x because I need to work. If you need more information I can try to put back 3.5 with a different name or something.

Also, I noticed LC_CTYPE=UTF-8 is present on 3.4.x and is missing on 3.5.0, but LANG (?) was present on 3.5.0?

Edited by Zsolt Ero