decode platform.platform() as ascii, ignore non-ascii chars

obspy · Oct 13, 2015 · f831b45 · f831b45
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commit f831b45
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/obspy/fdsn/header.py b/obspy/fdsn/header.py
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ def __init__(self, value, server_info=None):
 FDSNWS = ("dataselect", "event", "station")
 
 # The default User Agent that will be sent with every request.
-DEFAULT_USER_AGENT = "ObsPy %s (%s, Python %s)" % (__version__,
-                                                   platform.platform(),
-                                                   platform.python_version())
+DEFAULT_USER_AGENT = "ObsPy %s (%s, Python %s)" % (
+    __version__, platform.platform().decode("ascii", errors="ignore"),
+    platform.python_version())
 
 
 # The default parameters. Different services can choose to add more. It always