diff -u python2.6-2.6.2/debian/rules python2.6-2.6.2/debian/rules
--- python2.6-2.6.2/debian/rules
+++ python2.6-2.6.2/debian/rules
@@ -974,6 +974,7 @@
 	platform-lsbrelease \
 	issue1113244 \
 	bdist-wininst-notfound \
+	locales-without-encoding \
 
 #	setup-modules \
 #	profiled-build \
diff -u python2.6-2.6.2/debian/changelog python2.6-2.6.2/debian/changelog
--- python2.6-2.6.2/debian/changelog
+++ python2.6-2.6.2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+python2.6 (2.6.2-0ubuntu2~ppa2) jaunty; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/patches/locales-without-encoding.dpatch:
+    - Allow locales with no specified encoding. (Closes LP: #223281)
+
+ -- Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@fastmail.fm>  Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:35:46 -0800
+
 python2.6 (2.6.2-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
   * Final Python 2.6.2 release (no code changes compared to last upload).
diff -u python2.6-2.6.2/debian/patches/series python2.6-2.6.2/debian/patches/series
--- python2.6-2.6.2/debian/patches/series
+++ python2.6-2.6.2/debian/patches/series
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 webbrowser
 linecache
 doc-nodownload
+locales-without-encoding
 
 # FIXME
 #arm-float, for arm only
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- python2.6-2.6.2.orig/debian/patches/locales-without-encoding.dpatch
+++ python2.6-2.6.2/debian/patches/locales-without-encoding.dpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#! /bin/sh -e
+# Description: Allow locales with no specified encoding
+# Origin: http://bugs.python.org/file14881/locale.py-parselocale-patch.diff
+# Bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue6895
+# Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/223281
+
+# DP: * Lib/locale.py:
+# DP:   - Allow locales with no specified encoding. (Closes LP: #223281)
+
+dir=
+if [ $# -eq 3 -a "$2" = '-d' ]; then
+    pdir="-d $3"
+    dir="$3/"
+elif [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo >&2 "usage: `basename $0`: -patch|-unpatch [-d <srcdir>]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+case "$1" in
+    -patch)
+        patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -p0 < $0
+        ;;
+    -unpatch)
+        patch $pdir -f --no-backup-if-mismatch -R -p0 < $0
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo >&2 "usage: `basename $0`: -patch|-unpatch [-d <srcdir>]"
+        exit 1
+esac
+exit 0
+
+--- Lib/locale.py~	2009-03-18 11:34:06.000000000 -0700
++++ Lib/locale.py	2009-11-07 23:41:37.000000000 -0800
+@@ -402,11 +402,13 @@
+             # since some systems may use other encodings for these
+             # locales. Also, we ignore other modifiers.
+             return code, 'iso-8859-15'
+-
++    if code == 'C':
++        return None, None
+     if '.' in code:
+         return tuple(code.split('.')[:2])
+-    elif code == 'C':
+-        return None, None
++    else:
++        # locale name value does not have encoding information
++        return code, None
+     raise ValueError, 'unknown locale: %s' % localename
+ 
+ def _build_localename(localetuple):