diff -up rpmlint-1.4/Filter.py.enc rpmlint-1.4/Filter.py
--- rpmlint-1.4/Filter.py.enc	2012-01-23 09:56:03.861515705 -0800
+++ rpmlint-1.4/Filter.py	2012-01-23 09:58:36.783740193 -0800
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ if sys.stdout.isatty():
         print(s)
 else:
     def __print(s):
-        print(s.encode(locale.getpreferredencoding(), "replace"))
+        if isinstance(s, unicode):
+            s = s.encode(locale.getpreferredencoding(), "replace") 
+        print(s)
 
 def printInfo(pkg, reason, *details):
     _print("I", pkg, reason, details)