2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Util.py b/src/engine/SCons/Util.py
index 259a133..20be4e4 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Util.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Util.py
@@ -1406,7 +1406,6 @@ class UniqueList(UserList):
         self.unique = False
 
 
-
 class Unbuffered:
     """
     A proxy class that wraps a file object, flushing after every write,
@@ -1414,6 +1413,7 @@ class Unbuffered:
     """
     def __init__(self, file):
         self.file = file
+        self.softspace = 0  ## backward compatibility; not supported in Py3k
     def write(self, arg):
         try:
             self.file.write(arg)
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/dblite.py b/src/engine/SCons/dblite.py
index 5acd0f2..71aaff3 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/dblite.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/dblite.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class dblite:
   #   http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-bugs-list/2003-March/016877.html
 
   _open = builtins.open
-  _pickle_dump = pickle.dump
+  _pickle_dump = staticmethod(pickle.dump)
   _os_chmod = os.chmod
   try:
       _os_chown = os.chown