Index: bin/emaint
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--- bin/emaint	(revision 2128)
+++ bin/emaint	(working copy)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 		raise ValueError("var not specified to exclusive()")
 	if getattr(parser, var, ""):
 		raise OptionValueError("%s and %s are exclusive options" % (getattr(parser, var), value))
-	setattr(parser, var, option)
+	setattr(parser, var, str(option))
 
 
 usage = "usage: emaint [options] " + " | ".join(module_names)