Explicitely read external source files (specs|Podfile) as utf-8.

.travis.yml

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ rvm:
   #- rbx-18mode
   - rbx-19mode
 install: NOEXEC=skip rake travis:setup
-script: RUBYOPT=-Ku bundle exec rake spec
+script: bundle exec rake spec

lib/cocoapods.rb

-Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8 if RUBY_VERSION > '1.8.7'
-
 module Pod
   VERSION = '0.6.0.rc2'
 

lib/cocoapods/podfile.rb

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ module Pod
 
     def self.from_file(path)
       podfile = Podfile.new do
-        eval(path.read, nil, path.to_s)
+        eval(File.open(path, 'r:utf-8') { |f| f.read }, nil, path.to_s)
       end
       podfile.defined_in_file = path
       podfile.validate!

lib/cocoapods/specification.rb

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Pod
   extend Config::Mixin
 
   def self._eval_podspec(path)
-    eval(path.read, nil, path.to_s)
+    eval(File.open(path, 'r:utf-8') { |f| f.read }, nil, path.to_s)
   end
 
   class Specification