Index: utils/lit/lit/ProgressBar.py
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--- utils/lit/lit/ProgressBar.py
+++ utils/lit/lit/ProgressBar.py
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@
         try: curses.setupterm()
         except: return
 
+        # We want unicode output and have unicode input.
+        reload(sys)
+        sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+
         # Look up numeric capabilities.
         self.COLS = curses.tigetnum('cols')
         self.LINES = curses.tigetnum('lines')