From c823b402f34791dc8cbd6be4d401e795ec208b49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tmaeno <tmaeno@bnl.gov>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:51:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] 1.5.40

---
 ChangeLog.txt                    | 3 +++
 pandaclient/PBookCore.py         | 2 +-
 pandaclient/PandaToolsPkgInfo.py | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 78a13f32..a648710b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ** Release Notes
 
+1.5.40
+  * fixed delete_secret with file secrets
+
 1.5.39
   * fixed --official in pchain
 
diff --git a/pandaclient/PBookCore.py b/pandaclient/PBookCore.py
index 980b76c0..375d74cc 100644
--- a/pandaclient/PBookCore.py
+++ b/pandaclient/PBookCore.py
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ def set_secret(self, key, value, is_file=False):
         tmpLog = PLogger.getPandaLogger()
         if is_file:
             with open(value, 'rb') as f:
-                value = base64.b64encode(f.read()).encode()
+                value = base64.b64encode(f.read()).decode()
             # add prefix
             key = '___file___:'+format(key)
         size_limit = 1000
diff --git a/pandaclient/PandaToolsPkgInfo.py b/pandaclient/PandaToolsPkgInfo.py
index 790c531c..8d400aae 100644
--- a/pandaclient/PandaToolsPkgInfo.py
+++ b/pandaclient/PandaToolsPkgInfo.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-release_version = "1.5.39"
+release_version = "1.5.40"