Stop python v2.2 from choking on device files

git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup@629 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109

trunk/rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ bug#14209: Security bug with --restrict-read-only and
 outside path.  Bug with --restrict option allowed writes outside path.
 (Reported by Charles Duffy.)
 
+bug #14304: Python 2.2 compatibility spoiled by device files.
+
 
 New in v1.0.0 (2005/08/14)
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trunk/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py

@@ -1045,8 +1045,10 @@ class RPath(RORPath):
 			mode = stat.S_IFBLK | 0600
 		else: raise RPathException
 		try: self.conn.os.mknod(self.path, mode, self.conn.os.makedev(major, minor))
-		except OSError, e:
-			if e.errno == errno.EPERM:
+		except (OSError, AttributeError), e:
+			if isinstance(e, AttributeError) or e.errno == errno.EPERM:
+				# AttributeError will be raised by Python 2.2, which
+				# doesn't have os.mknod
 				log.Log("unable to mknod %s -- using touch instead" % self.path, 4)
 				self.touch()
 		self.setdata()