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| -rw-r--r-- | pym/portage/exception.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pym/portage/exception.py b/pym/portage/exception.py index 85efc2767..900dab7df 100644 --- a/pym/portage/exception.py +++ b/pym/portage/exception.py @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ # $Id$ import sys +from portage import _unicode_encode from portage.localization import _ if sys.hexversion >= 0x3000000: @@ -12,6 +13,10 @@ class PortageException(Exception): """General superclass for portage exceptions""" def __init__(self,value): self.value = value[:] + if sys.hexversion < 0x3000000 and isinstance(self.value, unicode): + # Workaround for string formatting operator and unicode value + # attribute triggering empty output in formatted string. + self.value = _unicode_encode(self.value) def __str__(self): if isinstance(self.value, basestring): return self.value |