Errot message: "TypeError: raise: exception class must be a subclass of BaseException " raised while executing test.py

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. After I complete installing the package, 
2. and run the test script (test.py) attached within the installed directory. 
3. The error message:TypeError: raise: exception class must be a subclass of 
BaseException, occurs while running test phase: test_pcap_dispatch

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected output: No error message
What I have seen: TypeError: raise: exception class must be a subclass of 
BaseException "

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1. pypcap 1.1
2. python 2.6.5 (on Ubuntu 10.4 with 64bit)
3. Recompile pcap.c with pyrex 0.9.9

Thanks for the help,
Best,
David Chiu

Original issue reported on code.google.com by xpertsla...@gmail.com on 11 Dec 2011 at 5:42

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I take it that this has not been resolved?

Original comment by james.v...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2012 at 12:50