1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py
index 6c72507..6cb8cf2 100755
--- a/Lib/cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/cgi.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from email.message import Message
 import html
 import locale
 import tempfile
+import warnings
 
 __all__ = ["MiniFieldStorage", "FieldStorage", "parse", "parse_multipart",
            "parse_header", "test", "print_exception", "print_environ",
@@ -77,9 +78,11 @@ def initlog(*allargs):
 
     """
     global log, logfile, logfp
+    warnings.warn("cgi.log() is deprecated as of 3.10. Use logging instead",
+                  DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
     if logfile and not logfp:
         try:
-            logfp = open(logfile, "a")
+            logfp = open(logfile, "a", encoding="locale")
         except OSError:
             pass
     if not logfp: