[PATCH] Clean up a bunch of exception handling code.

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Mostly replaces 'except Foo, e' with 'except Foo as e', but there
are a few areas where some logic gets reworked.
---
 anaconda                               |    4 +-
 pyanaconda/__init__.py                 |    2 +-
 pyanaconda/backend.py                  |    4 +-
 pyanaconda/booty/bootloaderInfo.py     |   25 ++++---
 pyanaconda/booty/s390.py               |    2 +-
 pyanaconda/firewall.py                 |    4 +-
 pyanaconda/gui.py                      |   18 +++--
 pyanaconda/image.py                    |  120 +++++++++++++++-----------------
 pyanaconda/iutil.py                    |   18 +++--
 pyanaconda/iw/GroupSelector.py         |    6 +-
 pyanaconda/iw/account_gui.py           |    2 +-
 pyanaconda/iw/partition_gui.py         |    7 +-
 pyanaconda/iw/raid_dialog_gui.py       |    2 +-
 pyanaconda/iw/task_gui.py              |    6 +-
 pyanaconda/kickstart.py                |   11 ++--
 pyanaconda/livecd.py                   |   10 ++--
 pyanaconda/rescue.py                   |   69 +++++++-----------
 pyanaconda/security.py                 |    6 +-
 pyanaconda/storage/devices.py          |    6 +-
 pyanaconda/storage/formats/__init__.py |    6 +-
 pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py       |    2 +-
 pyanaconda/storage/iscsi.py            |    6 +-
 pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py     |    2 +-
 pyanaconda/storage/zfcp.py             |    6 +-
 pyanaconda/textw/add_drive_text.py     |    6 +-
 pyanaconda/textw/keyboard_text.py      |    4 +-
 pyanaconda/textw/netconfig_text.py     |   16 ++--
 pyanaconda/textw/userauth_text.py      |    2 +-
 pyanaconda/upgrade.py                  |    2 +-
 pyanaconda/users.py                    |    8 +-
 pyanaconda/vnc.py                      |   37 ++++------
 pyanaconda/yuminstall.py               |   54 +++++++--------
 utils/log_picker/sending/ftpsender.py  |    2 +-
 33 files changed, 222 insertions(+), 253 deletions(-)

diff --git a/anaconda b/anaconda
index 7c1751e..75fd189 100755
--- a/anaconda
+++ b/anaconda
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ def runRescueMode(anaconda, opts):
 
         # We need an interface before running kickstart execute methods for
         # storage.
-        from snack import *
+        from snack import SnackScreen
         screen = SnackScreen()
         anaconda.intf = rescue.RescueInterface(screen)
 
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     users.createLuserConf(anaconda.rootPath)
 
     if opts.rescue:
-        runRescueMode(anaconda)
+        runRescueMode(anaconda, opts)
 
     # comment out the next line to make exceptions non-fatal
     from pyanaconda.exception import initExceptionHandling
diff --git a/pyanaconda/__init__.py b/pyanaconda/__init__.py
index 3b58028..99419cf 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/__init__.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/__init__.py
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class Anaconda(object):
 
             try:
                 from gui import InstallInterface
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 from flags import flags
                 stdoutLog.error("Exception starting GUI installer: %s" %(e,))
                 # if we're not going to really go into GUI mode, we need to get
diff --git a/pyanaconda/backend.py b/pyanaconda/backend.py
index 65a1de0..b5a7323 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/backend.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/backend.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class AnacondaBackend:
         for f in glob.glob(DD_FIRMWARE+"/*"):
             try:
                 shutil.copyfile(f, "%s/lib/firmware/" % anaconda.rootPath)
-            except IOError, e:
+            except IOError as e:
                 log.error("Could not copy firmware file %s: %s" % (f, e.strerror))
 
     def doPostInstall(self, anaconda):
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class AnacondaBackend:
         if os.path.exists(DD_ALL):
             try:
                 shutil.copytree(DD_ALL, anaconda.rootPath + "/root/DD")
-            except IOError, e:
+            except IOError as e:
                 pass
 
         storage.writeEscrowPackets(anaconda)
diff --git a/pyanaconda/booty/bootloaderInfo.py b/pyanaconda/booty/bootloaderInfo.py
index 7eee4ec..c297557 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/booty/bootloaderInfo.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/booty/bootloaderInfo.py
@@ -268,21 +268,22 @@ class BootImages:
             if part.partType not in (parted.PARTITION_NORMAL, parted.PARTITION_LOGICAL) or not part.format:
                 continue
 
-            type = part.format.type
-
-            if type in dosFilesystems and not foundDos and doesDualBoot() and \
+            if part.format.type in dosFilesystems and \
+               not foundDos and doesDualBoot() and \
                not part.getFlag(parted.PARTITION_DIAG):
                 try:
                     bootable = checkForBootBlock(part.path)
-                    retval.append((part, type))
-                    foundDos = True
-                except:
+                except (OSError, struct.error):
                     pass
-            elif type == "appleboot" and iutil.getPPCMachine() == "PMac" and part.bootable:
+                else:
+                    retval.append((part, part.format.type))
+                    foundDos = True
+            elif part.format.type == "appleboot" and \
+                 iutil.getPPCMachine() == "PMac" and part.bootable:
                 foundAppleBootstrap = True
-            elif type in ["hfs", "hfs+"] and foundAppleBootstrap:
+            elif part.format.type in ["hfs", "hfs+"] and foundAppleBootstrap:
                 # questionable for same reason as above, but on mac this time
-                retval.append((part, type))
+                retval.append((part, part.format.type))
 
         if addRoot:
             rootDevice = storage.rootDevice
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ class bootloaderInfo(object):
 
             try:
                 lilo.delImage(label)
-            except IndexError, msg:
+            except IndexError as msg:
                 pass
 
             sl = LiloConfigFile(imageType = "image", path = kernelFile)
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ class bootloaderInfo(object):
                 try:
                     ele = self._drivelist.pop(self._drivelist.index(i))
                     self._drivelist.insert(0, ele)
-                except:
+                except LookupError:
                     pass
 
     def _getDriveList(self):
@@ -627,7 +628,7 @@ class efiBootloaderInfo(bootloaderInfo):
     def addNewEfiEntry(self, instRoot):
         try:
             bootdev = self.storage.mountpoints["/boot/efi"].name
-        except:
+        except (KeyError, AttributeError):
             bootdev = "sda1"
 
         link = "%s%s/%s" % (instRoot, "/etc/", self.configname)
diff --git a/pyanaconda/booty/s390.py b/pyanaconda/booty/s390.py
index 60fc013..38f6a9e 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/booty/s390.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/booty/s390.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class s390BootloaderInfo(bootloaderInfo):
 
             try:
                 lilo.delImage(label)
-            except IndexError, msg:
+            except IndexError as msg:
                 pass
 
             sl = LiloConfigFile(imageType = "image", path = kernelFile)
diff --git a/pyanaconda/firewall.py b/pyanaconda/firewall.py
index 750d755..c11b671 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/firewall.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/firewall.py
@@ -80,10 +80,8 @@ class Firewall:
                                        stderr="/dev/null")
             else:
                 log.error("would have run %s", args)
-        except RuntimeError, msg:
+        except (RuntimeError, OSError) as msg:
             log.error ("lokkit run failed: %s", msg)
-        except OSError as e:
-            log.error ("lokkit run failed: %s", e.strerror)
         else:
             f = open(instPath +
                      '/etc/sysconfig/system-config-firewall', 'w')
diff --git a/pyanaconda/gui.py b/pyanaconda/gui.py
index 92cae55..35ee5d1 100755
--- a/pyanaconda/gui.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/gui.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def copyScreenshots():
     if not os.access(destDir, os.R_OK):
         try:
             os.mkdir(destDir, 0750)
-        except:
+        except OSError:
             window = MessageWindow("Error Saving Screenshot", 
                                    _("An error occurred saving screenshots "
                                      "to disk."), type="warning")
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def takeScreenShot():
                                      gtk.gdk.screen_height())
 
         if screenshot:
-            while (1):
+            while True:
                 sname = "screenshot-%04d.png" % ( screenshotIndex,)
                 if not os.access(screenshotDir + '/' + sname, os.R_OK):
                     break
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ def takeScreenShot():
             window = MessageWindow(_("Saving Screenshot"), 
                _("A screenshot named '%s' has been saved.") % (sname,) ,
                type="ok")
-    except:
+    except Exception:
+        # FIXME: find out what exceptions gtk.gdk.Pixbuf might actually raise
         window = MessageWindow(_("Error Saving Screenshot"), 
                                _("An error occurred while saving "
                                  "the screenshot.  If this occurred "
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ def getPixbuf(file):
 
     try:
         pixbuf = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(fn)
-    except RuntimeError, msg:
+    except RuntimeError as msg:
         log.error("unable to read %s: %s" %(file, msg))
         pixbuf = None
     
@@ -744,7 +745,8 @@ class MessageWindow:
         import pdb
         try:
             pdb.set_trace()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
+            # FIXME: what exceptions might pdb.set_trace raise?
             sys.exit(-1)
         try:
             # switch back
@@ -875,7 +877,7 @@ class DetailedMessageWindow(MessageWindow):
                 if __builtins__.get("type")(line) != unicode:
                     try:
                         line = unicode(line, encoding='utf-8')
-                    except UnicodeDecodeError, e:
+                    except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
                         log.error("UnicodeDecodeException: line = %s" % (line,))
                         log.error("UnicodeDecodeException: %s" % (str(e),))
 
@@ -1266,7 +1268,7 @@ class InstallControlWindow:
         import pdb
         try:
             pdb.set_trace()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             sys.exit(-1)
         try:
             # switch back
@@ -1308,7 +1310,7 @@ class InstallControlWindow:
                 loaded = imp.load_module(moduleName, *found)
                 newScreenClass = loaded.__dict__[className]
                 break
-            except ImportError, e:
+            except ImportError as e:
                 stdout_log.error("loading interface component %s" % className)
                 stdout_log.error(traceback.format_exc())
                 win = MessageWindow(_("Error!"),
diff --git a/pyanaconda/image.py b/pyanaconda/image.py
index ed74976..a17ac2d 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/image.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/image.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 import isys, iutil
-import os, os.path, stat, string, sys
+import os, os.path, stat, sys
 from constants import *
 
 import gettext
@@ -34,61 +34,60 @@ def findFirstIsoImage(path, messageWindow):
     files = os.listdir(path)
     arch = _arch
 
-    for file in files:
-        what = path + '/' + file
+    for f in files:
+        what = path + '/' + f
         log.debug("Checking %s" % (what))
         if not isys.isIsoImage(what):
             continue
 
+        log.debug("mounting %s on /mnt/cdimage", what)
         try:
-            log.debug("mounting %s on /mnt/cdimage", what)
-            isys.mount(what, "/mnt/cdimage", fstype = "iso9660", readOnly = True)
-
-            if os.access("/mnt/cdimage/.discinfo", os.R_OK):
-                log.debug("Reading .discinfo")
-                f = open("/mnt/cdimage/.discinfo")
-                try:
-                    f.readline() # skip timestamp
-                    f.readline() # skip release description
-                    discArch = string.strip(f.readline()) # read architecture
-                except:
-                    discArch = None
-
-                f.close()
-
-                log.debug("discArch = %s" % discArch)
-                if discArch != arch:
-                    isys.umount("/mnt/cdimage", removeDir=False)
-                    continue
-
-                # If there's no repodata, there's no point in trying to
-                # install from it.
-                if not os.access("/mnt/cdimage/repodata", os.R_OK):
-                    log.warning("%s doesn't have repodata, skipping" %(what,))
-                    isys.umount("/mnt/cdimage", removeDir=False)
-                    continue
-
-                # warn user if images appears to be wrong size
-                if os.stat(what)[stat.ST_SIZE] % 2048:
-                    rc = messageWindow(_("Warning"),
-                         _("The ISO image %s has a size which is not "
-                           "a multiple of 2048 bytes.  This may mean "
-                           "it was corrupted on transfer to this computer."
-                           "\n\n"
-                           "It is recommended that you exit and abort your "
-                           "installation, but you can choose to continue if "
-                           "you think this is in error.") % (file,),
-                           type="custom", custom_icon="warning",
-                           custom_buttons= [_("_Exit installer"),
-                                            _("_Continue")])
-                    if rc == 0:
-                        sys.exit(0)
-
-                log.info("Found disc at %s" % file)
-                isys.umount("/mnt/cdimage", removeDir=False)
-                return file
+            isys.mount(what, "/mnt/cdimage", fstype="iso9660", readOnly=True)
         except SystemError:
-            pass
+            continue
+
+        if not os.access("/mnt/cdimage/.discinfo", os.R_OK):
+            isys.umount("/mnt/cdimage", removeDir=False)
+            continue
+
+        log.debug("Reading .discinfo")
+        f = open("/mnt/cdimage/.discinfo")
+        f.readline() # skip timestamp
+        f.readline() # skip release description
+        discArch = f.readline().strip() # read architecture
+        f.close()
+
+        log.debug("discArch = %s" % discArch)
+        if discArch != arch:
+            isys.umount("/mnt/cdimage", removeDir=False)
+            continue
+
+        # If there's no repodata, there's no point in trying to
+        # install from it.
+        if not os.access("/mnt/cdimage/repodata", os.R_OK):
+            log.warning("%s doesn't have repodata, skipping" %(what,))
+            isys.umount("/mnt/cdimage", removeDir=False)
+            continue
+
+        # warn user if images appears to be wrong size
+        if os.stat(what)[stat.ST_SIZE] % 2048:
+            rc = messageWindow(_("Warning"),
+                 _("The ISO image %s has a size which is not "
+                   "a multiple of 2048 bytes.  This may mean "
+                   "it was corrupted on transfer to this computer."
+                   "\n\n"
+                   "It is recommended that you exit and abort your "
+                   "installation, but you can choose to continue if "
+                   "you think this is in error.") % (f,),
+                   type="custom", custom_icon="warning",
+                   custom_buttons= [_("_Exit installer"),
+                                    _("_Continue")])
+            if rc == 0:
+                sys.exit(0)
+
+        log.info("Found disc at %s" % f)
+        isys.umount("/mnt/cdimage", removeDir=False)
+        return f
 
     return None
 
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ def mountDirectory(methodstr, messageWindow):
         try:
             isys.mount(device, "/mnt/isodir", fstype=fstype, options=options)
             break
-        except SystemError, msg:
+        except SystemError as msg:
             log.error("couldn't mount ISO source directory: %s" % msg)
             ans = messageWindow(_("Couldn't Mount ISO Source"),
                           _("An error occurred mounting the source "
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@ def mountImage(isodir, tree, messageWindow):
             isoImage = "%s/%s" % (isodir, image)
             isys.mount(isoImage, tree, fstype = 'iso9660', readOnly = True)
             break
-        except:
+        except SystemError:
             ans = messageWindow(_("Missing ISO 9660 Image"),
                                 _("The installer has tried to mount the "
                                   "installation image, but cannot find it on "
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ def scanForMedia(tree, storage):
         storage.devicetree.updateDeviceFormat(dev)
         try:
             dev.format.mount(mountpoint=tree)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             continue
 
         if not verifyMedia(tree):
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ def unmountCD(dev, messageWindow):
         try:
             dev.format.unmount()
             break
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             log.error("exception in _unmountCD: %s" %(e,))
             messageWindow(_("Error"),
                           _("An error occurred unmounting the disc.  "
@@ -223,17 +222,8 @@ def verifyMedia(tree, timestamp=None):
         f = open("%s/.discinfo" % tree)
 
         newStamp = f.readline().strip()
-
-        try:
-            descr = f.readline().strip()
-        except:
-            descr = None
-
-        try:
-            arch = f.readline().strip()
-        except:
-            arch = None
-
+        descr = f.readline().strip()
+        arch = f.readline().strip()
         f.close()
 
         if timestamp is not None:
diff --git a/pyanaconda/iutil.py b/pyanaconda/iutil.py
index 0960378..62a8a97 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/iutil.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/iutil.py
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ def mkdirChain(dir):
         try:
             if e.errno == EEXIST and stat.S_ISDIR(os.stat(dir).st_mode):
                 return
-        except:
+        except OSError:
             pass
 
         log.error("could not create directory %s: %s" % (dir, e.strerror))
@@ -779,7 +779,10 @@ def strip_markup(text):
     return r.encode("utf-8")
 
 def notify_kernel(path, action="change"):
-    """ Signal the kernel that the specified device has changed. """
+    """ Signal the kernel that the specified device has changed.
+
+        Exceptions raised: ValueError, IOError
+    """
     log.debug("notifying kernel of '%s' event on device %s" % (action, path))
     path = os.path.join(path, "uevent")
     if not path.startswith("/sys/") or not os.access(path, os.W_OK):
@@ -813,9 +816,8 @@ def numeric_type(num):
     return num
 
 def reIPL(anaconda, loader_pid):
-    try:
-        ipldev = anaconda.id.bootloader.getDevice()
-    except:
+    ipldev = anaconda.bootloader.getDevice()
+    if not ipldev:
         message = _("Error determining boot device's disk name")
         log.warning(message)
         return message
@@ -824,9 +826,9 @@ def reIPL(anaconda, loader_pid):
         rc = execWithRedirect("chreipl", ["node", "/dev/" + ipldev],
                               stdout = "/dev/tty5",
                               stderr = "/dev/tty5")
-    except Exception, e:
+    except RuntimeError as e:
         log.info("Unable to set reIPL device to %s: %s",
-                 ipldev, e.message)
+                 ipldev, e)
 
     if rc:
         anaconda.canReIPL = False
@@ -857,7 +859,7 @@ def resetRpmDb(rootdir):
     for rpmfile in glob.glob("%s/var/lib/rpm/__db.*" % rootdir):
         try:
             os.unlink(rpmfile)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except OSError as e:
             log.debug("error %s removing file: %s" %(e,rpmfile))
 
 def parseNfsUrl(nfsurl):
diff --git a/pyanaconda/iw/GroupSelector.py b/pyanaconda/iw/GroupSelector.py
index 6a3a675..92c7dc3 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/iw/GroupSelector.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/iw/GroupSelector.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def sanitizeString(s, translate = True):
     if type(s) != unicode:
         try:
             s = unicode(s, "utf-8")
-        except UnicodeDecodeError, e:
+        except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
             sys.stderr.write("Unable to convert %s to a unicode object: %s\n" % (s, e))
             return ""
     return s
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def _selectPackage(ayum, group, pkg):
     grpid = group.groupid
     try:
         txmbrs = ayum.install(name = pkg)
-    except yum.Errors.InstallError, e:
+    except yum.Errors.InstallError as e:
         log = logging.getLogger("yum.verbose")
         log.info("No package named %s available to be installed: %s" %(pkg, e))
     else:
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class OptionalPackageSelector:
     def __getPackageObject(self, pkgname):
         try:
             pkgs = self.ayum.pkgSack.returnNewestByName(pkgname)
-        except:
+        except yum.Errors.YumBaseError:
             return None
 
         if not pkgs:
diff --git a/pyanaconda/iw/account_gui.py b/pyanaconda/iw/account_gui.py
index f467300..67859e1 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/iw/account_gui.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/iw/account_gui.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class AccountWindow (InstallWindow):
 
         try:
             cracklib.FascistCheck(pw)
-        except ValueError, e:
+        except ValueError as e:
             msg = gettext.ldgettext("cracklib", e)
             ret = self.intf.messageWindow(_("Weak Password"),
                                           _("You have provided a weak password: %s") % msg,
diff --git a/pyanaconda/iw/partition_gui.py b/pyanaconda/iw/partition_gui.py
index 95197bf..4c9bba2 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/iw/partition_gui.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/iw/partition_gui.py
@@ -598,7 +598,8 @@ class DiskTreeModelHelper:
             key = self.columns[key]
         try:
             return self.model.get_value(self.iter, key)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
+            # FIXME: what exceptions might actually get raised here?
             return None
 
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
@@ -1584,12 +1585,12 @@ class PartitionWindow(InstallWindow):
             try:
                 doPartitioning(self.storage)
                 rc = 0
-            except PartitioningError, msg:
+            except PartitioningError as msg:
                 self.intf.messageWindow(_("Error Partitioning"),
                        _("Could not allocate requested partitions: %s.") % (msg),
                                         custom_icon="error")
                 rc = -1
-            except PartitioningWarning, msg:
+            except PartitioningWarning as msg:
                 # XXX somebody other than me should make this look better
                 # XXX this doesn't handle the 'delete /boot partition spec' case
                 #     (it says 'add anyway')
diff --git a/pyanaconda/iw/raid_dialog_gui.py b/pyanaconda/iw/raid_dialog_gui.py
index aeeb8f1..e63ed6b 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/iw/raid_dialog_gui.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/iw/raid_dialog_gui.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class RaidEditor:
                                                   parents=raidmembers,
                                                   totalDevices=len(raidmembers),
                                                   memberDevices=members)
-                except ValueError, e:
+                except ValueError as e:
                     self.intf.messageWindow(_("Error"), str(e),
                                             custom_icon="error")
                     continue
diff --git a/pyanaconda/iw/task_gui.py b/pyanaconda/iw/task_gui.py
index 75d0910..24ad9ce 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/iw/task_gui.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/iw/task_gui.py
@@ -140,13 +140,13 @@ class RepoEditor:
 
         try:
             return mapping[method.split(':')[0].lower()]
-        except:
+        except (AttributeError, KeyError):
             return 0
 
     def _addAndEnableRepo(self, repo):
         try:
             self.backend.ayum.repos.add(repo)
-        except yum.Errors.DuplicateRepoError, e:
+        except yum.Errors.DuplicateRepoError as e:
             self.intf.messageWindow(_("Error"),
                   _("The repository %s has already been added.  Please "
                     "choose a different repository name and "
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class RepoEditor:
                 try:
                     os.unlink("%s/cachecookie" % self.repo.cachedir)
                     os.unlink("%s/repomd.xml" % self.repo.cachedir)
-                except:
+                except OSError:
                     pass
 
                 self.repo.disable()
diff --git a/pyanaconda/kickstart.py b/pyanaconda/kickstart.py
index 4edd50d..3123dc3 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/kickstart.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/kickstart.py
@@ -104,12 +104,13 @@ class AnacondaKSScript(Script):
 
             try:
                 f = open(messages, "r")
+            except IOError as e:
+                err = None
+            else:
                 err = f.readlines()
                 f.close()
                 for l in err:
                     log.error("\t%s" % l)
-            except:
-                err = None
 
             if self.errorOnFail:
                 if intf != None:
@@ -985,7 +986,7 @@ class RaidData(commands.raid.F15_RaidData):
 
             try:
                 request = storage.newMDArray(**kwargs)
-            except ValueError, e:
+            except ValueError as e:
                 raise KickstartValueError, formatErrorMsg(self.lineno, msg=str(e))
 
             if self.fsprofile and hasattr(request.format, "fsprofile"):
@@ -1107,7 +1108,7 @@ class ZFCP(commands.zfcp.F14_ZFCP):
         fcp = commands.zfcp.F14_ZFCP.parse(self, args)
         try:
             storage.zfcp.ZFCP().addFCP(fcp.devnum, fcp.wwpn, fcp.fcplun)
-        except ValueError, e:
+        except ValueError as e:
             log.warning(str(e))
 
         return fcp
@@ -1442,7 +1443,7 @@ def selectPackages(anaconda):
 
         try:
             anaconda.backend.selectGroup(grp.name, (default, optional))
-        except NoSuchGroup, e:
+        except NoSuchGroup as e:
             if ksdata.packages.handleMissing == KS_MISSING_IGNORE or ignoreAll:
                 pass
             else:
diff --git a/pyanaconda/livecd.py b/pyanaconda/livecd.py
index c1918a9..af05fda 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/livecd.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/livecd.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, preserveOwner=False,
     def trySetfilecon(src, dest):
         try:
             selinux.lsetfilecon(dest, selinux.lgetfilecon(src)[1])
-        except:
+        except OSError:
             log.error("Could not set selinux context on file %s" % dest)
 
     # copy of shutil.copytree which doesn't require dst to not exist
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, preserveOwner=False,
                     trySetfilecon(srcname, dstname)
 
                 shutil.copystat(srcname, dstname)
-        except (IOError, os.error), why:
+        except (IOError, OSError) as why:
             errors.append((srcname, dstname, str(why)))
         # catch the Error from the recursive copytree so that we can
         # continue with other files
-        except Error, err:
+        except Error as err:
             errors.extend(err.args[0])
     try:
         if preserveOwner:
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class LiveCDCopyBackend(backend.AnacondaBackend):
         try:
             anaconda.storage.umountFilesystems(swapoff = False)
             os.rmdir(anaconda.rootPath)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             log.error("Unable to unmount filesystems: %s" % e) 
 
     def doPreInstall(self, anaconda):
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class LiveCDCopyBackend(backend.AnacondaBackend):
             try:
                 buf = os.read(osfd, readamt)
                 written = os.write(rootfd, buf)
-            except:
+            except (IOError, OSError):
                 rc = anaconda.intf.messageWindow(_("Error"),
                         _("There was an error installing the live image to "
                           "your hard drive.  This could be due to bad media.  "
diff --git a/pyanaconda/rescue.py b/pyanaconda/rescue.py
index e7077e9..bb21bf3 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/rescue.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/rescue.py
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ import sys
 import os
 import isys
 from storage import mountExistingSystem
+from storage.errors import StorageError
 from installinterfacebase import InstallInterfaceBase
 import iutil
 import shutil
 import time
+import re
 import network
 import subprocess
 from pykickstart.constants import *
@@ -77,14 +79,14 @@ class RescueInterface(InstallInterfaceBase):
 	elif type == "custom":
 	    tmpbut = []
 	    for but in custom_buttons:
-		tmpbut.append(string.replace(but,"_",""))
+		tmpbut.append(but.replace("_",""))
 
 	    rc = ButtonChoiceWindow(self.screen, title, text, width=60,
 				    buttons=tmpbut)
 
 	    idx = 0
 	    for b in tmpbut:
-		if string.lower(b) == rc:
+		if b.lower() == rc:
 		    return idx
 		idx = idx + 1
 	    return 0
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ def makeFStab(instPath = ""):
         if buf:
             f.write(buf)
         f.close()
-    except IOError, e:
+    except IOError as e:
         log.info("failed to write /etc/fstab: %s" % e)
 
 # make sure they have a resolv.conf in the chroot
@@ -190,9 +192,7 @@ def makeResolvConf(instPath):
 #
 def startNetworking(network, intf):
     # do lo first
-    try:
-        os.system("/usr/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1")
-    except:
+    if os.system("/usr/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1"):
         log.error("Error trying to start lo in rescue.py::startNetworking()")
 
     # start up dhcp interfaces first
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ def runRescue(anaconda):
                   "nsswitch.conf", "selinux", "mke2fs.conf" ]:
         try:
             os.symlink('/mnt/runtime/etc/' + file, '/etc/' + file)
-        except:
+        except OSError:
             pass
 
     # see if they would like networking enabled
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def runRescue(anaconda):
                 _("Do you want to start the network interfaces on "
                   "this system?"), [_("Yes"), _("No")])
 
-            if rc != string.lower(_("No")):
+            if rc != _("No").lower():
                 anaconda.intf = RescueInterface(screen)
 
                 if not anaconda.intf.enableNetwork(anaconda):
@@ -303,14 +303,14 @@ def runRescue(anaconda):
                   "command shell.\n\n") % (anaconda.rootPath,),
                   [_("Continue"), _("Read-Only"), _("Skip"), _("Advanced")] )
 
-            if rc == string.lower(_("Skip")):
+            if rc == _("Skip").lower():
                 runShell(screen)
                 sys.exit(0)
-            elif rc == string.lower(_("Advanced")):
+            elif rc == _("Advanced").lower():
                 addDialog = addDriveDialog(anaconda)
                 addDialog.addDriveDialog(screen)
                 continue
-            elif rc == string.lower(_("Read-Only")):
+            elif rc == _("Read-Only").lower():
                 readOnly = 1
             else:
                 readOnly = 0
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def runRescue(anaconda):
                                 scroll = scroll, height = height,
                                 help = "multipleroot")
 
-        if button == string.lower (_("Exit")):
+        if button == _("Exit").lower():
             root = None
         else:
             root = disks[choice]
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ def runRescue(anaconda):
                 if not readOnly:
                     try:
                         anaconda.storage.turnOnSwap()
-                    except:
+                    except StorageError:
                         log.error("Error enabling swap")
 
                 # and /selinux too
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ def runRescue(anaconda):
                     try:
                         fd = open("%s/.autorelabel" % anaconda.rootPath, "w+")
                         fd.close()
-                    except Exception, e:
+                    except IOError:
                         log.warning("cannot touch /.autorelabel")
 
                 # set a library path to use mounted fs
@@ -414,27 +414,18 @@ def runRescue(anaconda):
                 os.environ["LD_LIBRARY_PATH"] = ":".join(libdirs + mounted)
 
                 # find groff data dir
+                gversion = None
                 try:
                     glst = os.listdir("/mnt/sysimage/usr/share/groff")
-
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+                else:
                     # find a directory which is a numeral, its where
                     # data files are
-                    gversion = None
                     for gdir in glst:
-                        try:
-                            isone = 1
-                            for idx in range(0, len(gdir)):
-                                if string.find(string.digits + '.', gdir[idx]) == -1:
-                                    isone = 0
-                                    break
-                            if isone:
-                                gversion = gdir
-                                break
-                        except:
-                            gversion = None
-                            continue
-                except:
-                    gversion = None
+                        if re.match(r'\d[.\d]+\d$', gdir):
+                            gversion = gdir
+                            break
 
                 if gversion is not None:
                     gpath = "/mnt/sysimage/usr/share/groff/"+gversion
@@ -445,18 +436,12 @@ def runRescue(anaconda):
                 try:
                     if os.access("/usr/bin/bash", os.R_OK):
                         os.symlink ("/usr/bin/bash", "/bin/bash")
-                except:
+                except OSError:
                     pass
-        except:
-            # This looks horrible, but all it does is catch every exception,
-            # and reraise those in the tuple check. This lets programming
-            # errors raise exceptions, while any runtime error will
-            # still result in a shell
-            (exc, val) = sys.exc_info()[0:2]
-            log.error(str(exc)+": "+str(val))
-            if exc in (IndexError, ValueError, SyntaxError):
-                raise exc, val, sys.exc_info()[2]
-
+        except (ValueError, LookupError, SyntaxError, NameError):
+            raise
+        except Exception as e:
+            log.error("runRescue caught exception: %s" % e)
             if anaconda.ksdata:
                 log.error("An error occurred trying to mount some or all of your system")
             else:
@@ -497,7 +482,7 @@ def runRescue(anaconda):
         anaconda.storage.makeMtab(root=anaconda.rootPath)
         try:
             makeResolvConf(anaconda.rootPath)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except (OSError, IOError) as e:
             log.error("error making a resolv.conf: %s" %(e,))
         msgStr = _("Your system is mounted under the %s directory.") % (anaconda.rootPath,)
         ButtonChoiceWindow(screen, _("Rescue"), msgStr, [_("OK")] )
diff --git a/pyanaconda/security.py b/pyanaconda/security.py
index 6686251..5c71012 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/security.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/security.py
@@ -79,10 +79,8 @@ class Security:
             iutil.execWithRedirect("/usr/sbin/lokkit", args,
                                    root = instPath, stdout = "/dev/null",
                                    stderr = "/dev/null")
-        except RuntimeError, msg:
+        except (RuntimeError, OSError) as msg:
             log.error ("lokkit run failed: %s" %(msg,))
-        except OSError as e:
-            log.error ("lokkit run failed: %s" % e.strerror)
 
         args = ["--update", "--nostart"] + shlex.split(self.auth)
         if self._addFingerprint(instPath):
@@ -92,5 +90,5 @@ class Security:
             iutil.execWithRedirect("/usr/sbin/authconfig", args,
                                    stdout = "/dev/tty5", stderr = "/dev/tty5",
                                    root = instPath)
-        except RuntimeError, msg:
+        except RuntimeError as msg:
                 log.error("Error running %s: %s", args, msg)
diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/devices.py b/pyanaconda/storage/devices.py
index d1e767f..e8e65fd 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/storage/devices.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/storage/devices.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class StorageDevice(Device):
         path = os.path.normpath("/sys/%s" % self.sysfsPath)
         try:
             notify_kernel(path, action="change")
-        except Exception, e:
+        except (ValueError, IOError) as e:
             log.warning("failed to notify kernel of change: %s" % e)
 
     @property
@@ -2065,7 +2065,7 @@ class LVMVolumeGroupDevice(DMDevice):
                         status=self.status)
         try:
             self.parents.remove(device)
-        except ValueError, e:
+        except ValueError:
             raise ValueError("cannot remove non-member PV device from VG")
 
         device.removeChild()
@@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ class LVMLogicalVolumeDevice(DMDevice):
             # LVs being active (filesystems mounted, &c), so don't let
             # it bring everything down.
             StorageDevice._postTeardown(self, recursive=recursive)
-        except Exception as e:
+        except StorageError:
             if recursive:
                 log.debug("vg %s teardown failed; continuing" % self.vg.name)
             else:
diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/formats/__init__.py b/pyanaconda/storage/formats/__init__.py
index 46b4aea..1f051e7 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/storage/formats/__init__.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/storage/formats/__init__.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def collect_device_format_classes():
             # imputil is deprecated in python 2.6
             try:
                 globals()[mod_name] = __import__(mod_name, globals(), locals(), [], -1)
-            except ImportError, e:
+            except ImportError:
                 log.debug("import of device format module '%s' failed" % mod_name)
 
 def get_device_format_class(fmt_type):
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class DeviceFormat(object):
         if self.device.startswith("/dev/mapper/"):
             try:
                 name = dm_node_from_name(os.path.basename(self.device))
-            except Exception, e:
+            except DMError:
                 log.warning("failed to get dm node for %s" % self.device)
                 return
         elif self.device:
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class DeviceFormat(object):
         path = get_sysfs_path_by_name(name)
         try:
             notify_kernel(path, action="change")
-        except Exception, e:
+        except (ValueError, IOError) as e:
             log.warning("failed to notify kernel of change: %s" % e)
 
 
diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py b/pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py
index d65bdd0..95f8770 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/storage/formats/fs.py
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ class NTFS(FS):
                     try:
                         min = l.split(":")[1].strip()
                         minSize = int(min) + 250
-                    except Exception, e:
+                    except (IndexError, ValueError) as e:
                         minSize = None
                         log.warning("Unable to parse output for minimum size on %s: %s" %(self.device, e))
 
diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/iscsi.py b/pyanaconda/storage/iscsi.py
index c706c93..ebaabe5 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/storage/iscsi.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/storage/iscsi.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class iscsi(object):
                 initiatorname = libiscsi.get_firmware_initiator_name()
                 self._initiator = initiatorname
                 self.initiatorSet = True
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 pass
 
     # So that users can write iscsi() to get the singleton instance
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class iscsi(object):
 
         try:
             found_nodes = libiscsi.discover_firmware()
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # an exception here means there is no ibft firmware, just return
             return
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class iscsi(object):
                 log.info("iscsi._startIBFT logged in to %s %s %s" % (node.name, node.address, node.port))
                 self.nodes.append(node)
                 self.ibftNodes.append(node)
-            except IOError, e:
+            except IOError as e:
                 log.error("Could not log into ibft iscsi target %s: %s" %
                           (node.name, str(e)))
                 pass
diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py b/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py
index a0f529a..65902ff 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/storage/partitioning.py
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ def getBestFreeSpaceRegion(disk, part_type, req_size,
             # parted.Geometry.overlapsWith can handle this
             try:
                 free_geom = extended.geometry.intersect(_range)
-            except ArithmeticError, e:
+            except ArithmeticError:
                 # this freespace region does not lie within the extended
                 # partition's geometry
                 free_geom = None
diff --git a/pyanaconda/storage/zfcp.py b/pyanaconda/storage/zfcp.py
index 001fc4c..9622c19 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/storage/zfcp.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/storage/zfcp.py
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class ZFCP:
 
             try:
                 self.addFCP(devnum, wwpn, fcplun)
-            except ValueError, e:
+            except ValueError as e:
                 if self.intf:
                     self.intf.messageWindow(_("Error"), str(e))
                 else:
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ class ZFCP:
         for d in self.fcpdevs:
             try:
                 d.offlineDevice()
-            except ValueError, e:
+            except ValueError as e:
                 log.warn(str(e))
 
     def startup(self, intf=None):
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class ZFCP:
         for d in self.fcpdevs:
             try:
                 d.onlineDevice()
-            except ValueError, e:
+            except ValueError as e:
                 log.warn(str(e))
 
     def writeKS(self, f):
diff --git a/pyanaconda/textw/add_drive_text.py b/pyanaconda/textw/add_drive_text.py
index b558005..72f9b46 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/textw/add_drive_text.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/textw/add_drive_text.py
@@ -316,19 +316,19 @@ class addDriveDialog(object):
         if newdrv[choice] == "Add zFCP LUN":
             try:
                 return self.addZFCPDriveDialog(screen)
-            except ValueError, e:
+            except ValueError as e:
                 ButtonChoiceWindow(screen, _("Error"), str(e))
                 return INSTALL_BACK
         elif newdrv[choice] == "Add FCoE SAN":
             try:
                 return self.addFcoeDriveDialog(screen)
-            except ValueError, e:
+            except ValueError as e:
                 ButtonChoiceWindow(screen, _("Error"), str(e))
                 return INSTALL_BACK
         else:
             try:
                 return self.addIscsiDriveDialog(screen)
-            except (ValueError, IOError), e:
+            except (ValueError, IOError) as e:
                 ButtonChoiceWindow(screen, _("Error"), str(e))
                 return INSTALL_BACK
 
diff --git a/pyanaconda/textw/keyboard_text.py b/pyanaconda/textw/keyboard_text.py
index 324dceb..6200504 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/textw/keyboard_text.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/textw/keyboard_text.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class KeyboardWindow:
         # FIXME: eventually, kbd.activate will do this
 	try:
 	    isys.loadKeymap(keyboards[choice])
-	except SystemError, (errno, msg):
-	    log.error("Could not install keymap %s: %s" % (keyboards[choice], msg))
+	except SystemError as e:
+	    log.error("Could not install keymap %s: %s" % (keyboards[choice], e))
         return INSTALL_OK
 
diff --git a/pyanaconda/textw/netconfig_text.py b/pyanaconda/textw/netconfig_text.py
index 7a44516..7f31b84 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/textw/netconfig_text.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/textw/netconfig_text.py
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ class NetworkConfiguratorText:
             if self.ipv4Method == "v4manual":
                 try:
                     network.sanityCheckIPString(self.ipv4Address)
-                except network.IPMissing, msg:
+                except network.IPMissing as msg:
                     self._handleIPMissing(_("IPv4 Address"))
                     return False
-                except network.IPError, msg:
+                except network.IPError as msg:
                     self._handleIPError(_("IPv4 Address"), msg)
                     return False
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class NetworkConfiguratorText:
                 if self.ipv4Gateway:
                     try:
                         network.sanityCheckIPString(self.ipv4Gateway)
-                    except network.IPError, msg:
+                    except network.IPError as msg:
                         self._handleIPError(_("IPv4 Gateway"), msg)
                         return False
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class NetworkConfiguratorText:
                         addr.split()
                         try:
                             network.sanityCheckIPString(addr)
-                        except network.IPError, msg:
+                        except network.IPError as msg:
                             self._handleIPError(_("IPv4 Nameserver"), msg)
                             return False
 
@@ -311,10 +311,10 @@ class NetworkConfiguratorText:
             if self.ipv6Method == "v6manual":
                 try:
                     network.sanityCheckIPString(self.ipv6Address)
-                except network.IPMissing, msg:
+                except network.IPMissing as msg:
                     self._handleIPMissing(_("IPv6 Address"))
                     return False
-                except network.IPError, msg:
+                except network.IPError as msg:
                     self._handleIPError(_("IPv6 Address"), msg)
                     return False
 
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class NetworkConfiguratorText:
                 if self.ipv6Gateway:
                     try:
                         network.sanityCheckIPString(self.ipv6Gateway)
-                    except network.IPError, msg:
+                    except network.IPError as msg:
                         self._handleIPError(_("IPv6 Gateway"), msg)
                         return False
                 if self.ipv6Nameserver:
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class NetworkConfiguratorText:
                         addr.split()
                         try:
                             network.sanityCheckIPString(addr)
-                        except network.IPError, msg:
+                        except network.IPError as msg:
                             self._handleIPError(_("IPv6 Nameserver"), msg)
                             return False
 
diff --git a/pyanaconda/textw/userauth_text.py b/pyanaconda/textw/userauth_text.py
index 090c9d9..b488962 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/textw/userauth_text.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/textw/userauth_text.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class RootPasswordWindow:
             else:
                 try:
                     cracklib.FascistCheck(entry1.value())
-                except ValueError, e:
+                except ValueError as e:
                     msg = gettext.ldgettext("cracklib", e)
                     ret = anaconda.intf.messageWindow(_("Weak Password"),
                              _("You have provided a weak password: %s\n\n"
diff --git a/pyanaconda/upgrade.py b/pyanaconda/upgrade.py
index 427e7ff..2402365 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/upgrade.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/upgrade.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def upgradeMountFilesystems(anaconda):
             if not ctx or ctx == "unlabeled":
                 flags.selinux = False
                 log.info("Disabled SELinux for upgrade based on /.autorelabel")
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
         log.warning("error checking selinux state: %s" %(e,))
 
 def setSteps(anaconda):
diff --git a/pyanaconda/users.py b/pyanaconda/users.py
index 709c35a..129bda3 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/users.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/users.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def createLuserConf(instPath, algoname='sha512'):
         log.info("created new libuser.conf at %s with instPath=\"%s\"" % \
                 (fn,instPath))
         fd = open(fn, 'w')
-    except:
+    except (OSError, IOError, KeyError):
         createTmp = True
 
     if createTmp:
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class Users:
 
                 self.admin.addGroup(groupEnt)
                 os._exit(0)
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 log.critical("Error when creating new group: %s" % str(e))
                 os._exit(1)
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class Users:
                     self.admin.modifyGroup(grp)
 
                 os._exit(0)
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 log.critical("Error when creating new user: %s" % str(e))
                 os._exit(1)
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class Users:
             try:
                 if self.admin.lookupUserByName(username):
                     os._exit(0)
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 log.critical("Error when searching for user: %s" % str(e))
             os._exit(1)
 
diff --git a/pyanaconda/vnc.py b/pyanaconda/vnc.py
index 54335be..887df9f 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/vnc.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/vnc.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class VncServer:
             self.password=pfile.readline().strip()
             pfile.close()
             os.unlink(self.pw_init_file)
-        except:
+        except (OSError, IOError):
             self.password=""
 
     def setVNCPassword(self):
@@ -104,23 +104,20 @@ class VncServer:
         devices = netinfo.netdevices
         active_devs = network.getActiveNetDevs()
 
+        self.ip = None
         if active_devs != []:
-            dev = devices[active_devs[0]]
-
+            devname = devices[active_devs[0]].iface
             try:
-                devname = dev.iface
                 ips = (isys.getIPAddresses(devname, version=4) +
                        isys.getIPAddresses(devname, version=6))
-                self.ip = ips[0]
-                log.info("IPs (using first) of device %s: %s" % (devname, ips))
-
-                if self.ip == "127.0.0.1" or self.ip == "::1":
-                    self.ip = None
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 log.warning("Got an exception trying to get the self.ip addr "
                             "of %s: %s" % (devname, e))
-        else:
-            self.ip = None
+            else:
+                if ips and ips[0] not in ("127.0.0.1", "::1"):
+                    log.info("IPs (using first) of device %s: %s" % (devname,
+                                                                     ips))
+                    self.ip = ips[0]
 
         self.name = network.getDefaultHostname(self.anaconda)
         ipstr = self.ip
@@ -159,14 +156,12 @@ class VncServer:
 
     def openlogfile(self):
         try:
-            err = os.open(self.log_file, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT)
-            if err < 0:
-                sys.stderr.write("error opening %s\n", log)
-                return None
-            else:
-                return err
-        except:
-                return None
+            fd = os.open(self.log_file, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT)
+        except OSError as e:
+            sys.stderr.write("error opening %s: %s\n", (self.log_file, e))
+            fd = None
+
+        return fd
 
     def connectToView(self):
         """Attempt to connect to self.vncconnecthost"""
@@ -225,7 +220,7 @@ class VncServer:
                         "SecurityTypes=None"]
         try:
             xvncp = subprocess.Popen(xvnccommand, stdout=self.openlogfile(), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-        except:
+        except OSError:
             stdoutLog.critical("Could not start the VNC server.  Aborting.")
             sys.exit(1)
 
diff --git a/pyanaconda/yuminstall.py b/pyanaconda/yuminstall.py
index 6621b70..82fbbf7 100644
--- a/pyanaconda/yuminstall.py
+++ b/pyanaconda/yuminstall.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from flags import flags
 from errors import *
 
-from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+import ConfigParser
 import sys
 import os
 import os.path
@@ -184,11 +184,9 @@ class AnacondaCallback:
 
                     f = open(fn, 'r')
                     self.openfile = f
-                except yum.Errors.NoMoreMirrorsRepoError:
+                except (yum.Errors.NoMoreMirrorsRepoError, IOError):
                     self.ayum._handleFailure(po)
-                except IOError:
-                    self.ayum._handleFailure(po)
-                except yum.Errors.RepoError, e:
+                except yum.Errors.RepoError:
                     continue
             self.inProgressPo = po
 
@@ -355,7 +353,7 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
             try:
                 self.configBaseURL()
                 break
-            except SystemError, e:
+            except SystemError as e:
                 self.anaconda.intf.messageWindow(_("Error Setting Up Repository"),
                     _("The following error occurred while setting up the "
                       "installation repository:\n\n%(e)s\n\nPlease provide the "
@@ -388,7 +386,7 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
                     return
 
                 dev.format.unmount()
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 pass
         else:
             if verifyMedia(self.tree, None):
@@ -418,7 +416,7 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
 
                 dev.format.unmount()
                 dev.eject()
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 self.anaconda.intf.messageWindow(_("Error"),
                         _("Unable to access the disc."))
 
@@ -653,7 +651,7 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
         valid addon repos and if so, return a list of (repo name, repo URL).
         """
         retval = []
-        c = ConfigParser()
+        c = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
 
         # If there's no .treeinfo for this repo, don't bother looking for addons.
         treeinfo = self._getTreeinfo(baseurl, proxy_url)
@@ -663,9 +661,9 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
         # We need to know which variant is being installed so we know what addons
         # are valid options.
         try:
-            ConfigParser.read(c, treeinfo)
+            ConfigParser.ConfigParser.read(c, treeinfo)
             variant = c.get("general", "variant")
-        except:
+        except ConfigParser.Error:
             return retval
 
         section = "variant-%s" % variant
@@ -722,16 +720,16 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
         read.  Since there's no redhat-release package in /mnt/sysimage (and
         won't be for quite a while), we need to do our own substutition.
         """
-        c = ConfigParser()
+        c = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
 
         treeinfo = self._getTreeinfo(self._baseRepoURL, self.proxy_url)
         if not treeinfo:
             return productVersion
 
-        ConfigParser.read(c, treeinfo)
+        ConfigParser.ConfigParser.read(c, treeinfo)
         try:
             return c.get("general", "version")
-        except:
+        except ConfigParser.Error:
             return productVersion
 
     # Override this method so yum doesn't nuke our existing logging config.
@@ -886,7 +884,7 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
             try:
                 self.repos.add(repo)
                 log.info("added repository %s with URL %s" % (repo.name, repo.mirrorlist or repo.baseurl[0]))
-            except:
+            except yum.Errors.DuplicateRepoError:
                 log.warning("ignoring duplicate repository %s with URL %s" % (repo.name, repo.mirrorlist or repo.baseurl[0]))
 
         self.repos.setCacheDir(self.conf.cachedir)
@@ -897,11 +895,9 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
             try:
                 yum.YumBase.downloadHeader(self, po)
                 break
-            except yum.Errors.NoMoreMirrorsRepoError:
-                self._handleFailure(po)
-            except IOError:
+            except (yum.Errors.NoMoreMirrorsRepoError, IOError):
                 self._handleFailure(po)
-            except yum.Errors.RepoError, e:
+            except yum.Errors.RepoError:
                 continue
 
     def _handleFailure(self, package):
@@ -993,7 +989,7 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
             self.populateTs(keepold=0)
             self.dsCallback.pop()
             self.dsCallback = None
-        except RepoError, e:
+        except RepoError as e:
             msg = _("There was an error running your transaction for "
                     "the following reason: %s\n") % str(e)
 
@@ -1033,7 +1029,7 @@ class AnacondaYum(yum.YumBase):
 
         try:
             self.runTransaction(cb=cb)
-        except YumBaseError, probs:
+        except YumBaseError as probs:
             # FIXME: we need to actually look at these problems...
             probTypes = { rpm.RPMPROB_NEW_FILE_CONFLICT : _('file conflicts'),
                           rpm.RPMPROB_FILE_CONFLICT : _('file conflicts'),
@@ -1310,7 +1306,7 @@ reposdir=/etc/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/updates/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/product/anacon
                     fn(repo)
                     if callback:
                         callback.disconnect()
-                except RepoError, e:
+                except RepoError:
                     if callback:
                         callback.disconnect()
                     buttons = [_("_Exit installer"), _("Edit"), _("_Retry")]
@@ -1515,7 +1511,7 @@ reposdir=/etc/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/updates/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/product/anacon
                         return DISPATCH_BACK
 
                 break
-            except RepoError, e:
+            except RepoError as e:
                 # FIXME: would be nice to be able to recover here
                 rc = anaconda.intf.messageWindow(_("Error"),
                                _("Unable to read package metadata. This may be "
@@ -1574,7 +1570,7 @@ reposdir=/etc/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/updates/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/product/anacon
         for i in dirList:
             try:
                 os.mkdir(anaconda.rootPath + i)
-            except os.error, (errno, msg):
+            except OSError:
                 pass
 #            log.error("Error making directory %s: %s" % (i, msg))
 
@@ -1721,14 +1717,14 @@ reposdir=/etc/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/updates/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/product/anacon
                 iutil.execWithRedirect("yum", ["clean", "all"],
                                        stdout="/dev/tty5", stderr="/dev/tty5",
                                        root = anaconda.rootPath)
-            except:
+            except RuntimeError:
                 pass
 
         # nuke preupgrade
         if flags.cmdline.has_key("preupgrade") and os.path.exists("%s/var/cache/yum/anaconda-upgrade" %(anaconda.rootPath,)):
             try:
                 shutil.rmtree("%s/var/cache/yum/anaconda-upgrade" %(anaconda.rootPath,))
-            except:
+            except (OSError, IOError):
                 pass
 
         # XXX: write proper lvm config
@@ -1754,7 +1750,7 @@ reposdir=/etc/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/updates/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/product/anacon
         try:
             grp = self.ayum.comps.return_group(group)
             if grp.selected: return True
-        except yum.Errors.GroupsError, e:
+        except yum.Errors.GroupsError:
             pass
         return False
 
@@ -1777,7 +1773,7 @@ reposdir=/etc/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/updates/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/product/anacon
             mbrs = self.ayum.selectGroup(group, group_package_types=types)
             if len(mbrs) == 0 and self.isGroupSelected(group):
                 return
-        except yum.Errors.GroupsError, e:
+        except yum.Errors.GroupsError:
             # try to find out if it's the name or translated name
             gid = self.__getGroupId(group)
             if gid is not None:
@@ -1791,7 +1787,7 @@ reposdir=/etc/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/updates/anaconda.repos.d,/tmp/product/anacon
     def deselectGroup(self, group, *args):
         try:
             self.ayum.deselectGroup(group, force=True)
-        except yum.Errors.GroupsError, e:
+        except yum.Errors.GroupsError:
             # try to find out if it's the name or translated name
             gid = self.__getGroupId(group)
             if gid is not None:
diff --git a/utils/log_picker/sending/ftpsender.py b/utils/log_picker/sending/ftpsender.py
index 92f7184..9ecf095 100644
--- a/utils/log_picker/sending/ftpsender.py
+++ b/utils/log_picker/sending/ftpsender.py
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ class FtpSender(SenderBaseClass):
             ftp.storbinary('STOR %s' % os.path.basename(filename), \
                                                                 file(filename))
             ftp.quit()
-        except ftplib.all_errors, e:
+        except ftplib.all_errors as e:
             raise SenderError("FTP upload failed: %(error)s" % {'error':e})
 
-- 
1.7.3.5

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