Christian Heimes added the comment: Confirmed!
Python 3.0 doesn't start at all on Windows when an environment variable with non ASCII chars is present. This bug is related to http://bugs.python.org/issue1342. However on Linux Python 3.0 can handle unicode characters in paths and environ vars fine. $ UNITEST="umlauts äöü ß " ./python -c "import os; print(os.environ['UNITEST'])" umlauts äöü ß ---------- nosy: +tiran severity: normal -> urgent __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1262> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com