avoid calling locale.

configure-syslog.py

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import socket
 import subprocess
 from optparse import OptionParser, SUPPRESS_HELP
-import locale
 import traceback
 
 #Constants
@@ -556,15 +555,18 @@ def find_syslog_process():
         if results:
             #For python version 3 and above, reading binary data, not str,
             #so we need to decode the output first:
-            encoding = locale.getdefaultlocale()[1] or 'UTF-8'
-            reslines = results.decode(encoding).split('\n')
+            reslines = results.split(b'\n')
             if len(reslines) == 1:
                 ps_out_fields = reslines[0].split()
                 pid = int(ps_out_fields[1])
                 progname = ps_out_fields[7]
-                if '/' in progname:
-                    progname = progname.split('/')[-1]
-                return (progname, pid)
+                if b'/' in progname:
+                    progname = progname.split(b'/')[-1]
+                try:
+                    return (progname.decode('UTF-8'), pid)
+                except ValueError:
+                    # if progname won't decode, it's not a progname we know.
+                    pass
     return None, 0
 
 def check_syslog_service_status(syslog_type):