Index: engine/SCons/SConf.py
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--- engine/SCons/SConf.py.orig	2017-11-14 23:16:57.000000000 +0200
+++ engine/SCons/SConf.py	2018-03-12 10:29:24.210006787 +0200
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def _createSource( target, source, env )
     fd.close()
 def _stringSource( target, source, env ):
     return (str(target[0]) + ' <-\n  |' +
-            source[0].get_contents().decode().replace( '\n', "\n  |" ) )
+            source[0].get_text_contents().decode().replace( '\n', "\n  |" ) )
 
 class SConfBuildInfo(SCons.Node.FS.FileBuildInfo):
     """