gh-100750: pass encoding kwarg in lib/platform.py (#100751)

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python · Jan 20, 2023 · 6b3993c · 6b3993c
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diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ def _syscmd_ver(system='', release='', version='',
                                            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                                            stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                                            text=True,
+                                           encoding="locale",
                                            shell=True)
         except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError) as why:
             #print('Command %s failed: %s' % (cmd, why))
@@ -824,6 +825,7 @@ def from_subprocess():
                 ['uname', '-p'],
                 stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
                 text=True,
+                encoding="utf8",
             ).strip()
         except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
             pass

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-04-14-42-59.gh-issue-100750.iFJs5Y.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-01-04-14-42-59.gh-issue-100750.iFJs5Y.rst
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+pass encoding kwarg to subprocess in platform