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# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Id$
+import sys
from portage.localization import _
+if sys.hexversion >= 0x3000000:
+ basestring = str
+
class PortageException(Exception):
"""General superclass for portage exceptions"""
def __init__(self,value):