From 8f2294477c1b3c62ec7e7384147c487d71a7ba81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oren Tirosh <orent@hishome.net>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 12:52:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] py3: do not use "except Exception, e:" syntax

If catching the exception is done with "except Exception as e:" this
will work only from 2.6. To maintain backward compatibility with 2.4 I
have used sys.exc_info(). A bit of a wart, but it works.
---
 smem | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/smem b/smem
index 9157ce0..7020a27 100755
--- a/smem
+++ b/smem
@@ -725,7 +725,8 @@ try:
         showsystem()
     else:
         showpids()
-except IOError, e:
+except IOError:
+    _, e, _ = sys.exc_info()
     if e.errno == errno.EPIPE:
         pass
 except KeyboardInterrupt: