[r21489]GrampsLocale: Handle errors in getting collation key from locale module

svn: r21497

gramps/gen/utils/grampslocale.py

@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ class GrampsLocale(object):
             #ICU can digest strings and unicode
             return self.collator.getCollationKey(string).getByteArray()
         else:
+            try:
                 base_locale = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_COLLATE)
                 locale.setlocale(locale.LC_COLLATE, self.collation)
             #locale in Python2 can't.
@@ -536,6 +537,11 @@ class GrampsLocale(object):
                     key = locale.strxfrm(string)
 
                 locale.setlocale(locale.LC_COLLATE, base_locale)
+            except Exception as err:
+                LOG.warn("Failed to obtain key for %s because %s",
+                         self.collation, str(err))
+                return string
+
             return key
 
     def strcoll(self, string1, string2):