diff -Nru wireshark-1.2.11/debian/patches/13_raise-python2.6-compatible-exceptions.patch wireshark-1.2.11/debian/patches/13_raise-python2.6-compatible-exceptions.patch
--- wireshark-1.2.11/debian/patches/13_raise-python2.6-compatible-exceptions.patch	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
+++ wireshark-1.2.11/debian/patches/13_raise-python2.6-compatible-exceptions.patch	2010-12-24 08:11:27.000000000 -0600
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/tools/asn2wrs.py	(revision 35257)
++++ b/tools/asn2wrs.py	(revision 35258)
+@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
+         if ident in self.assignments:
+             raise DuplicateError("assignment", ident)
+         if ident in self.defined_dict:
+-            raise "cross-module duplicates for " + ident
++            raise Exception("cross-module duplicates for %s" % ident)
+         self.defined_dict [ident] = 1
+         self.assignments[ident] = val
+         self.dependencies [ident] = dependencies
+@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
+   def dummy_import_type(self, ident):
+     # dummy imported
+     if ident in self.type:
+-        raise "Try to dummy import for existing type :" + ident
++        raise Exception("Try to dummy import for existing type :%s" % ident)
+     ethtype = asn2c(ident)
+     self.type[ident] = {'import'  : 'xxx', 'proto' : 'xxx',
+                         'ethname' : ethtype }
diff -Nru wireshark-1.2.11/debian/patches/series wireshark-1.2.11/debian/patches/series
--- wireshark-1.2.11/debian/patches/series	2010-11-21 12:42:44.000000000 -0600
+++ wireshark-1.2.11/debian/patches/series	2010-12-24 08:12:35.000000000 -0600
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 10_prevent_libsmi_crash.patch
 11_disable_oid_resolution_by_default.patch
 12_fix_about_crash.patch
+13_raise-python2.6-compatible-exceptions.patch
 16_licence_about_location.patch
 21_dumpcap.patch
 22_lp606063-fix-assertion-capture_start.patch