7648: [Unit test] database dir and environment; https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=7648#c36301 ; works on jralls' config, not yet on mine

gramps/cli/test/cli_test.py

@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ test_ged = """0 HEAD
 0 TRLR
 """
 
+# see gramps.grampsapp.py
+## hack to avoid mentioning 'utf8' encoding everywhere unicode or str is is used
+if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+    reload(sys)
+    sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+##
+
 ddir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 min1r = os.path.join(ddir, "min1r.ged")
 out_ged = os.path.join(ddir, "test_out.ged")