1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/MgaRepo/util.py b/MgaRepo/util.py
index 6d31399..635319d 100644
--- a/MgaRepo/util.py
+++ b/MgaRepo/util.py
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ def commands_getstatusoutput(cmd):
     """Return (status, output) of executing cmd in a shell."""
     pipe = subprocess.Popen('{ ' + cmd + '; } 2>&1', stdin = subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines = True, shell = True)
     of = pipe.stdout.fileno()
-    text = ''
+    text = b''
     pipe.stdin.close()
     while True:
-        text += os.read(of,8192).decode('utf8')
+        text += os.read(of,8192)
         status = pipe.poll()
         if status is not None or text == '':
             break
     if text[-1:] == '\n': text = text[:-1]
-    return status, text
+    return status, text.decode('utf8')
 
 def execcmd(*cmd, **kwargs):
     cmdstr = " ".join(cmd)