Index: /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/batch/vcs_import.py
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/batch/vcs_import.py	(revision 71155)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/batch/vcs_import.py	(revision 71156)
@@ -131,4 +131,6 @@
                 sMessage = sMessage[:VcsRevisionData.kcchMax_sMessage - 4] + ' ...';
             if not self.oConfig.fQuiet:
+                if isinstance(sMessage, unicode) and hasattr(sMessage, 'encode'):
+                    sMessage = sMessage.encode(sys.getdefaultencoding(), 'ignore')
                 print(u'sDate=%s iRev=%u sAuthor=%s sMsg[%s]=%s' % (sDate, iRevision, sAuthor, type(sMessage).__name__, sMessage));
             oData = VcsRevisionData().initFromValues(self.oConfig.sRepository, iRevision, sDate, sAuthor, sMessage);