The decode is used to workaround this:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2008-September/014709.html
2008-09-03 20:23:47 +00:00 · 2008-09-03 20:23:47 +00:00 · d6a6d3fcff
parent fff953048f
commit d6a6d3fcff
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/Lib/test/test_bsddb3.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bsddb3.py
@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ def test_main():
                                 os.getpid()))
    # Please leave this print in, having this show up in the buildbots
    # makes diagnosing problems a lot easier.
-    print(db.DB_VERSION_STRING, file=sys.stderr)
+    # The decode is used to workaround this:
+    # http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2008-September/014709.html
+    print(db.DB_VERSION_STRING.decode("iso8859-1"), file=sys.stderr)
    print('Test path prefix: ', test_all.get_test_path_prefix(), file=sys.stderr)
    try:
        run_unittest(test_all.suite(module_prefix='bsddb.test.',