diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index f4b7d1c6d..3be220832 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 - Bug 1646 - ICMPv6 Redirect are sent from global address instead of link-local
 - Bug 1662 - m_type not set for Ipv6OptionRouterAlertHeader
 - Bug 1678 - C++11 compliance problem with std::pair"
+- Bug 1682 - ./waf crashes on FC10
 - Bug 1683 - IPv6 autoconfigured don't use *infinite* lifetimes
 - Bug 1669 - ns-3 should support binding two and three (possibly more) arguments
 - Bug 1675 - Throughput computation error in Wireless examples
diff --git a/waf-tools/boost.py b/waf-tools/boost.py
index efbf598e0..f669d3988 100644
--- a/waf-tools/boost.py
+++ b/waf-tools/boost.py
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ def check_boost(self, *k, **kw):
 					self.end_msg("ok: winning cxxflags combination: %s" % (self.env["CXXFLAGS_%s" % var]))
 					e = None
 					break
-				except Errors.ConfigurationError as exc:
+				except Errors.ConfigurationError, exc:
 					self.env.revert()
 					e = exc
 
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ def check_boost(self, *k, **kw):
 		self.start_msg('Checking for boost linkage')
 		try:
 			try_link()
-		except Errors.ConfigurationError as e:
+		except Errors.ConfigurationError, e:
 			self.fatal("Could not link against boost libraries using supplied options")
 		self.end_msg('ok')