[GHC] #10909: Test suite: Support non-utf8 locale

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#10909: Test suite: Support non-utf8 locale
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        Reporter:  nomeata           |                   Owner:
            Type:  task              |                  Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |               Milestone:
       Component:  Test Suite        |                 Version:  7.10.2
      Resolution:                    |                Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |            Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |               Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |                Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Revisions:
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Comment (by Joachim Breitner <mail@…>):

 In [changeset:"f7fd864ce6d41cf22d25f18a0cdc5e2e9db71304/ghc"
 f7fd864c/ghc]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="f7fd864ce6d41cf22d25f18a0cdc5e2e9db71304"
 Skip a possible BOM in utf8 encoding

 and not the system locale, which might be something else. This fixes
 bug #10907. A test is added, but less useful than it could be until
 task #10909 is done.

 Differential Revision: D1274
 }}}

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