Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/coordsystems/epsg2proj.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/coordsystems/epsg2proj.py	(revision 27522)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/coordsystems/epsg2proj.py	(revision 27523)
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@
     subproc = subprocess.Popen(subproc_args, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
     outs, errs = subproc.communicate()
+    outs = outs.decode()
+    errs = errs.decode()
+    print(errs != '', errs == '', errs)
     if errs != '':
         raise RuntimeError("epsg2proj: call to gdalsrsinfo failed: {}".format(errs))
 
-    version_major=int(outs)
+    version_major = int(outs)
 
     subproc_args = "gdalsrsinfo epsg:{} | command grep PROJ.4 | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/PROJ.4 : //'".format(epsg)