NO-JIRA: Fix for python client ValueError exception. see bz1249608
diff --git a/qpid/compat.py b/qpid/compat.py
index 12966c2..89e3787 100644
--- a/qpid/compat.py
+++ b/qpid/compat.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     return (rfds, wfds, xfds)
 else:
   if tuple(sys.version_info[0:2]) < (2, 4):
+    from select import error as SelectError
     from select import select as old_select
     def select(rlist, wlist, xlist, timeout=None):
       return old_select(list(rlist), list(wlist), list(xlist), timeout)
diff --git a/qpid/selector.py b/qpid/selector.py
index d2f4c1f..719dd84 100644
--- a/qpid/selector.py
+++ b/qpid/selector.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 import atexit, time, errno, os
-from compat import select, set, selectable_waiter
+from compat import select, SelectError, set, selectable_waiter
 from threading import Thread, Lock
 
 class Acceptor:
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@
             timeout = max(0, wakeup - time.time())
           rd, wr, ex = select(self.reading, self.writing, (), timeout)
           break
-        except Exception, (err, strerror):
+        except SelectError, e:
           # Repeat the select call if we were interrupted.
-          if err == errno.EINTR:
+          if e[0] == errno.EINTR:
             continue
           else:
             raise