Decode output of subprocess.Popen

catkin · Mar 10, 2015 · 3833087 · 3833087
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commit 3833087
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/catkin_tools/verbs/catkin_build/job.py b/catkin_tools/verbs/catkin_build/job.py
@@ -156,8 +156,9 @@ def get_multiarch(self):
                 ['dpkg-architecture', '-qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH'],
                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
         # be sure of returning empty string or a valid multiarch tuple format
-        assert(not out.strip() or out.strip().count('-') == 2)
-        return out.strip()
+        decoded = out.decode('utf-8').strip()
+        assert(not decoded or decoded.count('-') == 2)
+        return decoded
 
     def get_commands(self):
         commands = []