3 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/lib-old/codehack.py b/Lib/lib-old/codehack.py
index d00d2bfec9..1f16814224 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-old/codehack.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-old/codehack.py
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import string
 import os
 import linecache
 
+# XXX The functions getcodename() and getfuncname() are now obsolete
+# XXX as code and function objects now have a name attribute --
+# XXX co.co_name and f.func_name.
+
 # Extract the function or class name from a code object.
 # This is a bit of a hack, since a code object doesn't contain
 # the name directly.  So what do we do:
diff --git a/Lib/lib-old/newdir.py b/Lib/lib-old/newdir.py
index 26a7df0c1b..937c49e67b 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-old/newdir.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-old/newdir.py
@@ -65,11 +65,9 @@ def is_function(x):
 # Approximation of builtin dir(); but note that this lists the user's
 # variables by default, not the current local name space.
 
-def dir(*args):
-	if len(args) > 0:
-		if len(args) == 1:
-			args = args[0]
-		return listattrs(args)
+def dir(x = None):
+	if x is not None:
+		return listattrs(x)
 	else:
 		import __main__
 		return listattrs(__main__)
diff --git a/Lib/lib-old/packmail.py b/Lib/lib-old/packmail.py
index d612c88a8e..13b1bdcdea 100644
--- a/Lib/lib-old/packmail.py
+++ b/Lib/lib-old/packmail.py
@@ -41,12 +41,28 @@ def packsome(outfp, dirname, names):
 # Pack all files from a directory
 def packall(outfp, dirname):
 	names = os.listdir(dirname)
+	try:
+	    names.remove('.')
+	except:
+	    pass
+	try:
+	    names.remove('..')
+	except:
+	    pass
 	names.sort()
 	packsome(outfp, dirname, names)
 
 # Pack all files from a directory that are not older than a give one
 def packnotolder(outfp, dirname, oldest):
 	names = os.listdir(dirname)
+	try:
+	    names.remove('.')
+	except:
+	    pass
+	try:
+	    names.remove('..')
+	except:
+	    pass
 	oldest = os.path.join(dirname, oldest)
 	st = os.stat(oldest)
 	mtime = st[ST_MTIME]
@@ -67,6 +83,14 @@ def packtree(outfp, dirname):
 	print 'packtree', dirname
 	outfp.write('mkdir ' + unixfix(dirname) + '\n')
 	names = os.listdir(dirname)
+	try:
+	    names.remove('.')
+	except:
+	    pass
+	try:
+	    names.remove('..')
+	except:
+	    pass
 	subdirs = []
 	for name in names:
 		fullname = os.path.join(dirname, name)