From c73171488fe13b6cefb2e14a4de729604b718d3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ankit Jain <radical@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 18:49:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [wasm][aot] Force python to default to UTF8

Fixes https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/53367
---
 src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets
index 9288eb7f01986..5c4ef04bf9572 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/build/WasmApp.Native.targets
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
       <EmscriptenEnvVars Include="PATH=$(_EmscriptenPrependPATHProperty)$(_PathSeparator)$([MSBuild]::Escape($(PATH)))" />
+
+      <!--
+        Python defaults to the system charset, and thus expects the files it's reading to
+        match that. But that might not always be true. Eg. system charset=gbk, failing to read
+        utf-8 files
+
+        See https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/53367 for the motivating issue
+      -->
+      <EmscriptenEnvVars Include="PYTHONUTF8=1" />
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>