--- a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py Mon Dec 07 22:27:43 2020 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py Mon Dec 28 01:21:58 2020 +0100
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@
code = f.code
except urlerr.httperror as inst:
num = inst.code == 404 and errno.ENOENT or None
- raise IOError(num, inst)
+ # Explicitly convert the exception to str as Py3 will try
+ # convert it to local encoding and with as the HTTPResponse
+ # instance doesn't support encode.
+ raise IOError(num, str(inst))
except urlerr.urlerror as inst:
raise IOError(None, inst.reason)