diff -Nur rdiff-backup-1.2.8.orig/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py rdiff-backup-1.2.8/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py

--- rdiff-backup-1.2.8.orig/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py	2009-10-14 15:01:14.649750067 +0400

+++ rdiff-backup-1.2.8/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py	2009-10-14 16:01:13.066376858 +0400

@@ -135,15 +135,13 @@

 	if not remote_cmd: return Globals.local_connection

 	Log("Executing " + remote_cmd, 4)

-	if os.name == "nt":

+	if sys.version_info > (2, 4):

 		import subprocess

-		try:

-			process = subprocess.Popen(remote_cmd, shell=False, bufsize=0,

-								stdin=subprocess.PIPE, 

-								stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

-			(stdin, stdout) = (process.stdin, process.stdout)

-		except OSError:

-			(stdin, stdout) = (None, None)

+		shell = os.name != "nt"

+		process = subprocess.Popen(remote_cmd, shell=shell, bufsize=0,

+							stdin=subprocess.PIPE, 

+							stdout=subprocess.PIPE)

+		(stdin, stdout) = (process.stdin, process.stdout)

 	else:

 		stdin, stdout = os.popen2(remote_cmd)

 	conn_number = len(Globals.connections)