Index: /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/batch/virtual_test_sheriff.py
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/batch/virtual_test_sheriff.py	(revision 86890)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/ValidationKit/testmanager/batch/virtual_test_sheriff.py	(revision 86891)
@@ -348,5 +348,8 @@
         print('error: %s' % (sText,));
         if self.oLogFile is not None:
-            self.oLogFile.write((u'error: %s\n' % (sText,)).encode('utf-8'));
+            if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+                self.oLogFile.write(u'error: %s\n' % (sText,));
+            else:
+                self.oLogFile.write((u'error: %s\n' % (sText,)).encode('utf-8'));
         return 1;
 
@@ -359,5 +362,8 @@
                 print('debug: %s' % (sText, ));
             if self.oLogFile is not None:
-                self.oLogFile.write((u'debug: %s\n' % (sText,)).encode('utf-8'));
+                if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+                    self.oLogFile.write(u'debug: %s\n' % (sText,));
+                else:
+                    self.oLogFile.write((u'debug: %s\n' % (sText,)).encode('utf-8'));
         return 0;
 
@@ -369,5 +375,8 @@
             print('info: %s' % (sText,));
         if self.oLogFile is not None:
-            self.oLogFile.write((u'info: %s\n' % (sText,)).encode('utf-8'));
+            if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
+                self.oLogFile.write(u'info: %s\n' % (sText,));
+            else:
+                self.oLogFile.write((u'info: %s\n' % (sText,)).encode('utf-8'));
         return 0;