Fix build script with python 3 where each line starting with 'b and ends with \n' making it hard to read the log.

[HamedSabri-adsk]

When running build.py with python3, each line starts with 'b and ends with \n' making it hard to read the log.

Using codec module fixes the problem: https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html

It appears the same fix was also introduced in USD's build_usd.py few months ago:

Commit 4f0a1640
by sunyab, 25/03/2020 04:43 PM
committed by pixar-oss
parent 7f64522e
child a9c9786e

[kxl-adsk]

I had a fix locally for it as well...but I didn't have to change anything else than line 150, i.e. remove encode and write simply content of l.

How can I see the issue which forced you to use codecs?

[HamedSabri-adsk]

I had a fix locally for it as well...but I didn't have to change anything else than line 150, i.e. remove encode and write simply content of l.

If I recall correctly, I had the code originally that way and it was working on some platforms but not others.

How can I see the issue which forced you to use codecs?
Use python 3 to run the build script.

e.g
C:\Python37\python.exe build.py .....

[kxl-adsk]

That is exactly what I'm doing...and all I needed is a change to switch from logfile.write(str(l.encode("utf8"))) to logfile.write(l).

[HamedSabri-adsk]

Yeah, I see but we had random failures with that approach. I think the codecs approach should be fine. I did a few tests and seems to be working.

Please give it a try and see if it solves things for you as well.

[kxl-adsk]

From offline discussion - this looks to be platform-specific and this is why I only required a smaller fix on MacOS.