From b7bfd64bc419deb01921f1c3cba01e23a2e8fcd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valentin Lorentz <progval@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:15:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] User: Fix GPG auth on Python 3. Closes GH-541. Closes GH-542.

---
 plugins/User/plugin.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/User/plugin.py b/plugins/User/plugin.py
index daf415e58..588cd36c0 100644
--- a/plugins/User/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/User/plugin.py
@@ -490,7 +490,10 @@ class User(callbacks.Plugin):
             Check the GPG signature at the <url> and authenticates you if
             the key used is associated to a user."""
             self._expire_tokens()
-            match = self._auth_re.search(utils.web.getUrl(url))
+            content = utils.web.getUrl(url)
+            if sys.version_info[0] >= 3 and isinstance(content, bytes):
+                content = content.decode()
+            match = self._auth_re.search(content)
             if not match:
                 irc.error(_('Signature or token not found.'), Raise=True)
             data = match.group(0)