1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
index c7edff2f61..3dfa2b2238 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastermain/settings.py
@@ -87,17 +87,16 @@ else:
             try:
                 import pytz
                 from pytz.exceptions import UnknownTimeZoneError
-                pass
                 try:
                     if pytz.timezone(zonename) is not None:
-                        zonefilelist[hashlib.md5(open(filepath).read()).hexdigest()] = zonename
+                        zonefilelist[hashlib.md5(open(filepath, 'rb').read()).hexdigest()] = zonename
                 except UnknownTimeZoneError as ValueError:
                     # we expect timezone failures here, just move over
                     pass
             except ImportError:
-                zonefilelist[hashlib.md5(open(filepath).read()).hexdigest()] = zonename
+                zonefilelist[hashlib.md5(open(filepath, 'rb').read()).hexdigest()] = zonename
 
-    TIME_ZONE = zonefilelist[hashlib.md5(open('/etc/localtime').read()).hexdigest()]
+    TIME_ZONE = zonefilelist[hashlib.md5(open('/etc/localtime', 'rb').read()).hexdigest()]
 
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 # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html