--- /usr/local/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py.orig	2005-02-19 23:55:11.739850376 +0000
+++ /usr/local/lib/python2.5/urllib2.py	2005-02-19 23:57:11.867588184 +0000
@@ -710,7 +710,9 @@
         if password_mgr is None:
             password_mgr = HTTPPasswordMgr()
         self.passwd = password_mgr
-        self.add_password = self.passwd.add_password
+
+    def add_password(self, *args, **kwds):
+        return self.passwd.add_password(*args, **kwds)
 
     def http_error_auth_reqed(self, authreq, host, req, headers):
         # XXX could be multiple headers
@@ -786,10 +788,12 @@
         if passwd is None:
             passwd = HTTPPasswordMgr()
         self.passwd = passwd
-        self.add_password = self.passwd.add_password
         self.retried = 0
         self.nonce_count = 0
 
+    def add_password(self, *args, **kwds):
+        return self.passwd.add_password(*args, **kwds)
+
     def reset_retry_count(self):
         self.retried = 0