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-rw-r--r--gbp/deb/changelog.py8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gbp/deb/changelog.py b/gbp/deb/changelog.py
index 5cfaaf79..dda9b753 100644
--- a/gbp/deb/changelog.py
+++ b/gbp/deb/changelog.py
@@ -128,8 +128,12 @@ class ChangeLog(object):
self._cp = cp
def _read(self):
- with open(self.filename, encoding='utf-8') as f:
- self._contents = f.read()
+ try:
+ with open(self.filename, encoding='utf-8') as f:
+ self._contents = f.read()
+ except UnicodeDecodeError:
+ with open(self.filename, encoding='iso-8859-1') as f:
+ self._contents = f.read()
def __getitem__(self, item):
return self._cp[item]