[utils] Apply 2.6 xpath craziness

This fixes ARD on 2.6
2014-09-13 09:11:14 +02:00 · 2014-09-13 09:11:14 +02:00 · d74bebd502
commit d74bebd502
parent bf0ff93277
1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ def xpath_with_ns(path, ns_map):


 def xpath_text(node, xpath, name=None, fatal=False):
+    if sys.version_info < (2, 7):  # Crazy 2.6
+        xpath = xpath.encode('ascii')
+
    n = node.find(xpath)
    if n is None:
        if fatal: