# HG changeset patch
# User osimons
# Date 1251317286 0
# Node ID 075087a17f069fc5694e37c06501b95334763dfa
# Parent  b3237a5ace1dc3a6559770c31c802c6fe4b1a2a6
0.6dev: Follow-up to [703] - forgot to read files as binary. Closes #435.

diff --git a/bitten/recipe.py b/bitten/recipe.py
--- a/bitten/recipe.py
+++ b/bitten/recipe.py
@@ -170,11 +170,10 @@
         :param description: description saved with attachment
         :resource: which resource to attach the file to,
                    either 'build' (default) or 'config'
-        :replace: non-empty to replace existing attachment with same name
         """
         filename = self.resolve(file_)
         try:
-            fileobj = file(filename, 'r')
+            fileobj = open(filename, 'rb')
             try:
                 xml_elem = xmlio.Element('file',
                                 filename=os.path.basename(filename),
@@ -182,7 +181,6 @@
                                 resource=resource or 'build')
                 xml_elem.append(fileobj.read().encode('base64'))
                 self.output.append((Recipe.ATTACH, None, None, xml_elem))
-                
             finally:
                 fileobj.close()
         except IOError, e: