--- /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python2.4/uu.py.orig	2007-08-25 23:42:35.000000000 -0400
+++ /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/lib/python2.4/uu.py	2007-08-26 11:42:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 # ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
 # OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 #
+# Modified by Gregory Dudek, August 2007:
+# - added support for decoding of base54 uuencoded files.
+#
 # Modified by Jack Jansen, CWI, July 1995:
 # - Use binascii module to do the actual line-by-line conversion
 #   between ascii and binary. This results in a 1000-fold speedup. The C
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@
     out_file.write(' \nend\n')
 
 
-def decode(in_file, out_file=None, mode=None, quiet=0):
+def decode(in_file, out_file=None, mode=None, quiet=0, base64=0):
     """Decode uuencoded file"""
     #
     # Open the input file, if needed.
@@ -100,9 +103,10 @@
         if hdr[:5] != 'begin':
             continue
         hdrfields = hdr.split(" ", 2)
-        if len(hdrfields) == 3 and hdrfields[0] == 'begin':
+        if len(hdrfields) == 3 and (hdrfields[0] == 'begin' or hdrfields[0] == 'begin-base64'):
             try:
                 int(hdrfields[1], 8)
+                if hdrfields[0] == 'begin-base64': base64=1
                 break
             except ValueError:
                 pass
@@ -130,11 +134,13 @@
     s = in_file.readline()
     while s and s.strip() != 'end':
         try:
-            data = binascii.a2b_uu(s)
+            if base64: data = binascii.a2b_base64(s)
+            else: data = binascii.a2b_uu(s)
         except binascii.Error, v:
             # Workaround for broken uuencoders by /Fredrik Lundh
             nbytes = (((ord(s[0])-32) & 63) * 4 + 5) / 3
-            data = binascii.a2b_uu(s[:nbytes])
+            if base64: data = binascii.a2b_base64(s[:nbytes])
+            else: data = binascii.a2b_uu(s[:nbytes])
             if not quiet:
                 sys.stderr.write("Warning: %s\n" % str(v))
         out_file.write(data)