Description: Don't try to unpack an object of type 'unicode' as if it was a tuple.
Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/905429
Author: Gunnar Hjalmarsson <ubuntu@gunnar.cc>

--- python2.7-2.7.2.orig/Lib/locale.py
+++ python2.7-2.7.2/Lib/locale.py
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
         category may be given as one of the LC_* values.
 
     """
-    if locale and type(locale) is not type(""):
+    if locale and not isinstance(locale, basestring):
         # convert to string
         locale = normalize(_build_localename(locale))
     return _setlocale(category, locale)