Merge pull request #80 from CybercentreCanada/yara_compat/strings

Respect cases where an extractor might pin an older version of yara-python
CybercentreCanada · Feb 5, 2025 · 0664264 · 0664264
2 parents fdd29bf + 0582bcf
commit 0664264
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diff --git a/maco/utils.py b/maco/utils.py
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ def object_hook(self, obj):
 import logging
 
 try:
-    from maco import yara
-except:
+    # Respect cases where the extractor is tied to certain version of yara-python for processing
     import yara
+except:
+    # Otherwise fallback to MACO's interface for yara-python==4.5.x
+    from maco import yara
 
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