Do not use str() on exceptions (#46950)

lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py

@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
                         with open(source, 'rb') as src:
                             src_contents = src.read()
                     except Exception as e:
-                        raise AnsibleError("Unexpected error while reading source (%s) for diff: %s " % (source, str(e)))
+                        raise AnsibleError("Unexpected error while reading source (%s) for diff: %s " % (source, to_native(e)))
 
                     if b"\x00" in src_contents:
                         diff['src_binary'] = 1

lib/ansible/plugins/action/exos_config.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
             try:
                 self._handle_template()
             except ValueError as exc:
-                return dict(failed=True, msg=str(exc))
+                return dict(failed=True, msg=to_text(exc))
 
         result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
         del tmp  # tmp no longer has any effect

lib/ansible/plugins/action/wait_for_connection.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 import time
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 
 try:
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
         except TimedOutException as e:
             result['failed'] = True
-            result['msg'] = str(e)
+            result['msg'] = to_text(e)
 
         elapsed = datetime.now() - start
         result['elapsed'] = elapsed.seconds