--- a/.pylint	Wed May 23 11:47:56 2018 +0300
+++ b/.pylint	Wed May 23 11:48:34 2018 +0300
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
 # List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
 # you should avoid to define new builtins when possible.
-additional-builtins=_,website,JS
+additional-builtins=_,website,JS,cobalt
 
 # List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
 # name must start or end with one of those strings.

--- a/runtime/xenomai.py	Wed May 23 11:47:56 2018 +0300
+++ b/runtime/xenomai.py	Wed May 23 11:48:34 2018 +0300
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# See COPYING.Runtime file for copyrights details.
+#
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
 from ctypes import CDLL, RTLD_GLOBAL, pointer, c_int, POINTER, c_char, create_string_buffer
+
+
 def TryPreloadXenomai():
     """
     Xenomai 3 (at least for version <= 3.0.6) do not handle properly dlclose
     of shared objects whose dlopen did trigger xenomai_init.
-    As a workaround, this pre-loads xenomai libraries that need to be 
+    As a workaround, this pre-loads xenomai libraries that need to be
     initialized and call xenomai_init once for all.
-    
+
     Xenomai auto init of libs MUST be disabled (see --auto-init-solib in xeno-config)
     """
     try:
         for name in ["cobalt", "modechk", "copperplate", "alchemy"]:
             globals()[name] = CDLL("lib"+name+".so", mode=RTLD_GLOBAL)
-        cobalt.xenomai_init(pointer(c_int(0)), pointer((POINTER(c_char)*2)(create_string_buffer("prog_name"), None)))  
-    except:
+        cobalt.xenomai_init(pointer(c_int(0)), pointer((POINTER(c_char)*2)(create_string_buffer("prog_name"), None)))
+    except Exception:
         pass