fix GPG encoding issues. Fixes #7988

src/common/gpg.py

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if HAVE_GPG:
     class GnuPG(gnupg.GPG):
         def __init__(self, use_agent=False):
             gnupg.GPG.__init__(self)
+            self.encoding = 'utf-8'
             self.decode_errors = 'replace'
             self.passphrase = None
             self.use_agent = use_agent