From d30ac9832504f870ab46d6bff0c304ef52beb2f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike McLean <mikem@redhat.com>
Date: May 25 2020 07:14:51 +0000
Subject: clarify reason for decoding in comment


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diff --git a/koji/__init__.py b/koji/__init__.py
index 7f2df8b..fb99e37 100644
--- a/koji/__init__.py
+++ b/koji/__init__.py
@@ -1016,7 +1016,8 @@ def get_header_field(hdr, name, src_arch=False):
     if name.startswith('SIG'):
         return result
 
-    # otherwise we decode any strings
+    # Some older versions of rpm return string header values as bytes. Newer
+    # versions return strings, so this is a workaround for those older versions
     return _decode_item(result)