1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
index cf74810f3e..fb1d44b6e6 100644
--- a/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/insane.bbclass
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def package_qa_get_elf(path, bits32):
         def my_assert(expectation, result):
             if not expectation == result:
                 #print "'%x','%x'" % (ord(expectation), ord(result))
-                raise "This does not work as expected"
+                raise Exception("This does not work as expected")
         my_assert = staticmethod(my_assert)
 
         def __init__(self, name):
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ def package_qa_get_elf(path, bits32):
 
             self.sex = self.data[ELFFile.EI_DATA]
             if self.sex == chr(ELFFile.ELFDATANONE):
-                raise "Can't be"
+                raise Exception("self.sex == ELFDATANONE")
             elif self.sex == chr(ELFFile.ELFDATA2LSB):
                 self.sex = "<"
             elif self.sex == chr(ELFFile.ELFDATA2MSB):
                 self.sex = ">"
             else:
-                raise "Even more worse"
+                raise Exception("Unknown self.sex")
 
         def osAbi(self):
             return ord(self.data[ELFFile.EI_OSABI])