The newer "except <exception-type> as <exception>:" syntax is not supported by Python 2.5, we need to use "except <exception-type>, <exception>:".
Tested all trace backends with Python 2.5.6. Reported-by: Andreas Färber <afaer...@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- scripts/tracetool.py | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/tracetool.py b/scripts/tracetool.py index cacfd99..c003cf6 100755 --- a/scripts/tracetool.py +++ b/scripts/tracetool.py @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def main(args): try: opts, args = getopt.getopt(args[1:], "", long_opts) - except getopt.GetoptError as err: + except getopt.GetoptError, err: error_opt(str(err)) check_backend = False @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def main(args): try: tracetool.generate(sys.stdin, arg_format, arg_backend, binary = binary, probe_prefix = probe_prefix) - except tracetool.TracetoolError as e: + except tracetool.TracetoolError, e: error_opt(str(e)) if __name__ == "__main__": -- 1.7.10