SF patch 1631942 by Collin Winter:
(a) "except E, V" -> "except E as V"
(b) V is now limited to a simple name (local variable)
(c) V is now deleted at the end of the except block
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py b/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py
index 31cf0c5..62a24e8 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
         short_opts = string.join(self.short_opts)
         try:
             opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short_opts, self.long_opts)
-        except getopt.error, msg:
+        except getopt.error as msg:
             raise DistutilsArgError, msg
 
         for opt, val in opts: