diff --git a/python-syslog-fail-noatexittb.patch b/python-syslog-fail-noatexittb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee0094b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-syslog-fail-noatexittb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- Python-2.4.4/Lib/logging/handlers.py.syslogexit	2006-12-05 11:41:12.000000000 -0500
++++ Python-2.4.4/Lib/logging/handlers.py	2006-12-05 11:41:20.000000000 -0500
+@@ -586,11 +586,11 @@
+         self.address = address
+         self.facility = facility
+         if type(address) == types.StringType:
+-            self._connect_unixsocket(address)
+             self.unixsocket = 1
++            self._connect_unixsocket(address)
+         else:
+-            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+             self.unixsocket = 0
++            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+ 
+         self.formatter = None
+ 
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index 42ef151..dc244ef 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@ rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/python%{pybasever}/*.egg-info
 %clean
 rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
-%post -n libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%postun -n libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun libs -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 
 %files -f dynfiles