Re: 'make check-acceptance' odd error: "'bytes' object has no attribute 'encode'"

[Cleber Rosa]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Maydell" <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
> To: "QEMU Developers" <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
> Cc: "Cleber Rosa" <crosa@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 11:23:30 AM
> Subject: 'make check-acceptance' odd error: "'bytes' object has no attribute 
> 'encode'"
> 
> I just got this running 'make check-acceptance': does it
> ring a bell with anybody?
> 
> [etc]
> Fetching asset from
> tests/acceptance/replay_kernel.py:ReplayKernelSlow.test_mips64el_malta_5KEc_cpio
> Fetching asset from
> tests/acceptance/replay_kernel.py:ReplayKernelSlow.test_mips64el_malta_5KEc_cpio
> Fetching asset from
> tests/acceptance/replay_kernel.py:ReplayKernelSlow.test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_4k
> Fetching asset from
> tests/acceptance/replay_kernel.py:ReplayKernelSlow.test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_16k_up
> Fetching asset from
> tests/acceptance/replay_kernel.py:ReplayKernelSlow.test_mips_malta32el_nanomips_64k_dbg
> Fetching asset from
> tests/acceptance/reverse_debugging.py:ReverseDebugging_AArch64.test_aarch64_virt
> Fetching asset from
> tests/acceptance/virtio-gpu.py:VirtioGPUx86.test_virtio_vga_virgl
> Error running method "pre_tests" of plugin "fetchasset": 'bytes'
> object has no attribute 'encode'
> JOB ID     : 71b2d5569d9ccc8b68957d3ad2b2026bea437d66
> JOB LOG    :
> /home/petmay01/linaro/qemu-from-laptop/qemu/build/clang/tests/results/job-2021-03-23T15.09-71b2d55/job.log
>  (001/142) tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py:BootLinuxX8664.test_pc_i440fx_tcg:
> PASS (465.84 s)
>  (002/142) tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py:BootLinuxX8664.test_pc_i440fx_kvm:
> PASS (27.46 s)
>  (003/142) tests/acceptance/boot_linux.py:BootLinuxX8664.test_pc_q35_tcg:
> PASS (99.43 s)
> [etc]
> 
> thanks
> -- PMM
> 
> 

Yes.  But it's harmless, and it has been fixed here:

  https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado/pull/4416

It will go away on the next Avocado version bump (post 6.0).

Regards,
- Cleber.