Re: [Git][gpsd/gpsd][master] gegps: Simplify open() fix.

[Fred Wright]

On Tue, 12 Dec 2023, Gary E. Miller wrote:

> > > Thatg's not gonna work.  Python 2.7 does not allow
> > > open(,encoding=_'
> >
> > > +                with open(os.path.join(options.kmldir,
> > > +                          'Realtime_GPS.kml'), 'w',
> > > encoding="utf8")
> >
> >
> > From the Python 2.7 man page:
> >
> > https://python.readthedocs.io/en/v2.7.2/library/functions.html#open
> >
> > open() does not support encoding=
>
> Here is the error:
>
> # python2.7 buildtmp/clients/gegps -i  spidey
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "buildtmp/clients/gegps", line 186, in <module>
>    encoding="utf8") as f:
> TypeError: 'encoding' is an invalid keyword argument for this function

Ah, it passed the syntax check but failed when called.  That's what I get 
for using a cheap test.  Sorry about that.  Revert pushed.

Fred Wright