decode

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bin/taler-deployment b/bin/taler-deployment
index 15bb6da..dc5f93b 100755
--- a/bin/taler-deployment
+++ b/bin/taler-deployment
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ def ensure_activated():
     loaded correctly via the ~/activate script"""
     ts = os.environ.get("TALER_BOOTSTRAP_TIMESTAMP")
     if ts is None:
-        print("Please do 'source ~/.activate' first.", file=sys.stderr)
+        print("Please do 'source ~/activate' first.", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
     out = subprocess.check_output(
         ["bash", "-c", "source ~/activate; echo $TALER_BOOTSTRAP_TIMESTAMP"]
     )
-    out = out.strip(" \n")
+    out = out.decode("utf-8").strip(" \n")
     if out != ts:
         print(
             f"Please do 'source ~/.activate'. Current ts={ts}, new ts={out}",