From db4acd5e7055490ceaf021bbcd08ebf5c5cbc312 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jmckenna <jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 13:13:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update for Python3

---
 msautotest/pymod/mstestlib.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/msautotest/pymod/mstestlib.py b/msautotest/pymod/mstestlib.py
index bda831f7f2..55fa9c8c76 100644
--- a/msautotest/pymod/mstestlib.py
+++ b/msautotest/pymod/mstestlib.py
@@ -121,7 +121,11 @@ def read_test_directives( mapfile_name ):
     runparms_list = []
     require_list = []
     
-    lines = open(mapfile_name).readlines()
+    from sys import version_info
+    if version_info >= (3,0,0):
+        lines = open(mapfile_name, encoding="utf8").readlines()
+    else:
+        lines = open(mapfile_name).readlines()
     for line in lines:
         req_off = line.find( 'REQUIRES:' )
         if req_off != -1: