diff --git a/hgext/bugzilla.py b/hgext/bugzilla.py
--- a/hgext/bugzilla.py
+++ b/hgext/bugzilla.py
@@ -437,5 +437,5 @@ def hook(ui, repo, hooktype, node=None, 
                 bz.update(id, ctx)
             bz.notify(ids, util.email(ctx.user()))
     except MySQLdb.MySQLError, err:
-        raise util.Abort(_('database error: %s') % err[1])
+        raise util.Abort(_('database error: %s') % err.args[1])
 
diff --git a/hgext/inotify/client.py b/hgext/inotify/client.py
--- a/hgext/inotify/client.py
+++ b/hgext/inotify/client.py
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ def start_server(function):
         except (OSError, socket.error), err:
             autostart = self.ui.configbool('inotify', 'autostart', True)
 
-            if err[0] == errno.ECONNREFUSED:
+            if err.args[0] == errno.ECONNREFUSED:
                 self.ui.warn(_('inotify-client: found dead inotify server '
                                'socket; removing it\n'))
                 os.unlink(os.path.join(self.root, '.hg', 'inotify.sock'))
-            if err[0] in (errno.ECONNREFUSED, errno.ENOENT) and autostart:
+            if err.args[0] in (errno.ECONNREFUSED, errno.ENOENT) and autostart:
                 self.ui.debug('(starting inotify server)\n')
                 try:
                     try:
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ def start_server(function):
                         return function(self, *args)
                     except socket.error, err:
                         self.ui.warn(_('inotify-client: could not talk to new '
-                                       'inotify server: %s\n') % err[-1])
-            elif err[0] in (errno.ECONNREFUSED, errno.ENOENT):
+                                       'inotify server: %s\n') % err.args[-1])
+            elif err.args[0] in (errno.ECONNREFUSED, errno.ENOENT):
                 # silently ignore normal errors if autostart is False
                 self.ui.debug('(inotify server not running)\n')
             else:
                 self.ui.warn(_('inotify-client: failed to contact inotify '
-                               'server: %s\n') % err[-1])
+                               'server: %s\n') % err.args[-1])
 
         self.ui.traceback()
         raise QueryFailed('inotify query failed')
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class client(object):
         try:
             self.sock.connect(sockpath)
         except socket.error, err:
-            if err[0] == "AF_UNIX path too long":
+            if err.args[0] == "AF_UNIX path too long":
                 sockpath = os.readlink(sockpath)
                 self.sock.connect(sockpath)
             else:
diff --git a/hgext/inotify/linuxserver.py b/hgext/inotify/linuxserver.py
--- a/hgext/inotify/linuxserver.py
+++ b/hgext/inotify/linuxserver.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class pollable(object):
             try:
                 events = cls.poll.poll(timeout)
             except select.error, err:
-                if err[0] == errno.EINTR:
+                if err.args[0] == errno.EINTR:
                     continue
                 raise
             if events:
diff --git a/hgext/inotify/server.py b/hgext/inotify/server.py
--- a/hgext/inotify/server.py
+++ b/hgext/inotify/server.py
@@ -336,10 +336,10 @@ class socketlistener(object):
         try:
             self.sock.bind(self.sockpath)
         except socket.error, err:
-            if err[0] == errno.EADDRINUSE:
+            if err.args[0] == errno.EADDRINUSE:
                 raise AlreadyStartedException(_('cannot start: socket is '
                                                 'already bound'))
-            if err[0] == "AF_UNIX path too long":
+            if err.args[0] == "AF_UNIX path too long":
                 if os.path.islink(self.sockpath) and \
                         not os.path.exists(self.sockpath):
                     raise util.Abort('inotify-server: cannot start: '
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class socketlistener(object):
             finally:
                 sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)
         except socket.error, err:
-            if err[0] != errno.EPIPE:
+            if err.args[0] != errno.EPIPE:
                 raise
 
 if sys.platform == 'linux2':
diff --git a/mercurial/httprepo.py b/mercurial/httprepo.py
--- a/mercurial/httprepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/httprepo.py
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ class httprepository(repo.repository):
                     self.ui.status(_('remote: '), l)
                 return ret
             except socket.error, err:
-                if err[0] in (errno.ECONNRESET, errno.EPIPE):
-                    raise util.Abort(_('push failed: %s') % err[1])
-                raise util.Abort(err[1])
+                if err.args[0] in (errno.ECONNRESET, errno.EPIPE):
+                    raise util.Abort(_('push failed: %s') % err.args[1])
+                raise util.Abort(err.args[1])
         finally:
             fp.close()
             os.unlink(tempname)