3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/core/errors.py b/src/mailman/core/errors.py
index 95a318ca6..42b536d46 100644
--- a/src/mailman/core/errors.py
+++ b/src/mailman/core/errors.py
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ def _(s):
 class HandlerError(MailmanError):
     """Base class for all handler errors."""
 
+    def __init__(self, message=None):
+        self.message = message
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.message
+
 
 class HoldMessage(HandlerError):
     """Base class for all message-being-held short circuits."""
diff --git a/src/mailman/core/logging.py b/src/mailman/core/logging.py
index af04b58d1..2442d4913 100644
--- a/src/mailman/core/logging.py
+++ b/src/mailman/core/logging.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ _handlers = {}
 
 
 
-# XXX I would love to simplify things and use Python 2.6's WatchedFileHandler,
-# but there are two problems.  First, it's more difficult to handle the test
+# XXX I would love to simplify things and use Python's WatchedFileHandler, but
+# there are two problems.  First, it's more difficult to handle the test
 # suite's need to reopen the file handler to a different path.  Does
 # zope.testing's logger support fix this?
 #
diff --git a/src/mailman/core/tests/test_runner.py b/src/mailman/core/tests/test_runner.py
index ad2548adc..80a503f5d 100644
--- a/src/mailman/core/tests/test_runner.py
+++ b/src/mailman/core/tests/test_runner.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Message-ID: <ant>
         self.assertEqual(event.message['message-id'], '<ant>')
         self.assertEqual(event.metadata['listname'], 'test@example.com')
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(event.error, RuntimeError))
-        self.assertEqual(event.error.message, 'borked')
+        self.assertEqual(str(event.error), 'borked')
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(event.runner, CrashingRunner))
         # The message should also have ended up in the shunt queue.
         shunted = get_queue_messages('shunt')