TypeError: can't use a bytes pattern on a string-like object

Adding Mako 0.7.2 to easy-install.pth file
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 61, in <module>
    **extra
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/distutils/dist.py", line 917, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/distutils/dist.py", line 936, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.13-py3.2.egg/setuptools/command/install.py", line 73, in run
    self.do_egg_install()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.13-py3.2.egg/setuptools/command/install.py", line 101, in do_egg_install
    cmd.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.13-py3.2.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 342, in run
    self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.13-py3.2.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 562, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(None, spec, tmpdir, deps, True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.13-py3.2.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 613, in install_item
    self.process_distribution(spec, dist, deps)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.13-py3.2.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 641, in process_distribution
    self.install_egg_scripts(dist)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.13-py3.2.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 511, in install_egg_scripts
    dist.get_metadata('scripts/'+script_name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.13-py3.2.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 735, in install_script
    script_text = get_script_header(script_text) + (
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/distribute-0.6.13-py3.2.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1588, in get_script_header
    match = first_line_re.match(first)
TypeError: can't use a bytes pattern on a string-like object