commit 2a3c8d882a4088c4f74dba4ffb1c8118a86eff80
author Marcus Portmann <marcus@mmp.guru> Mon Oct 05 16:19:00 2020 +0200
committer Marcus Portmann <marcus@mmp.guru> Mon Oct 05 16:19:00 2020 +0200
tree ab9d02735db223081954e01e4dc32761ef001294
parent d4e996256f340d244ba5e40b10c286b603ffc5e3

Fixed failed ip address validation under Python 2 due to unicode string not being specified

DataSourceVMwareGuestInfo.py

diff --git a/DataSourceVMwareGuestInfo.py b/DataSourceVMwareGuestInfo.py
index 12a614d..19d20a2 100644
--- a/DataSourceVMwareGuestInfo.py
+++ b/DataSourceVMwareGuestInfo.py
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
         try:
             addr = ipaddress.ip_address(val)
         except ipaddress.AddressValueError:
-            addr = ipaddress.ip_address(val.encode('utf-8'))
+            addr = ipaddress.ip_address(unicode(val))
     except:
         return False
     if addr.is_link_local or addr.is_loopback or addr.is_unspecified: