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-rw-r--r--pym/portage_exception.py5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage_exception.py b/pym/portage_exception.py
index 57eafb505..8791b2fd5 100644
--- a/pym/portage_exception.py
+++ b/pym/portage_exception.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ class PortageException(Exception):
def __init__(self,value):
self.value = value[:]
def __str__(self):
- return repr(self.value)
+ if isinstance(self.value, str):
+ return self.value
+ else:
+ return repr(self.value)
class CorruptionError(PortageException):
"""Corruption indication"""