$OpenBSD: patch-rdiff_backup_SetConnections_py,v 1.1 2010/09/15 09:02:50 pea Exp $
--- rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py.orig	Mon Mar 16 15:36:21 2009
+++ rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py	Wed Sep 15 09:54:41 2010

Bugfix: DeprecationWarning: os.popen2 is deprecated
cf http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=216585&action=view

@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ def init_connection(remote_cmd):
 	if not remote_cmd: return Globals.local_connection
 
 	Log("Executing " + remote_cmd, 4)
-	if os.name == "nt":
+	if map(int, sys.version.split()[0].split('.')[:2]) >= [2, 6]:
 		import subprocess
 		try:
-			process = subprocess.Popen(remote_cmd, shell=False, bufsize=0,
+			process = subprocess.Popen(remote_cmd, shell=True, bufsize=0,
 								stdin=subprocess.PIPE, 
 								stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 			(stdin, stdout) = (process.stdin, process.stdout)