3 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/XMonad/Util/NamedWindows.hs b/XMonad/Util/NamedWindows.hs
index 17e401f..653eb54 100644
--- a/XMonad/Util/NamedWindows.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Util/NamedWindows.hs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module XMonad.Util.NamedWindows (
 
 import Prelude hiding ( catch )
 import Control.Applicative ( (<$>) )
-import Control.Exception ( bracket, catch )
+import Control.Exception.Extensible ( bracket, catch, SomeException(..) )
 import Data.Maybe ( fromMaybe, listToMaybe )
 
 import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W ( peek )
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ getName w = withDisplay $ \d -> do
     let getIt = bracket getProp (xFree . tp_value) (fmap (`NW` w) . copy)
 
         getProp = (internAtom d "_NET_WM_NAME" False >>= getTextProperty d w)
-                      `catch` \_ -> getTextProperty d w wM_NAME
+                      `catch` \(SomeException _) -> getTextProperty d w wM_NAME
 
         copy prop = fromMaybe "" . listToMaybe <$> wcTextPropertyToTextList d prop
 
-    io $ getIt `catch` \_ ->  ((`NW` w) . resName) `fmap` getClassHint d w
+    io $ getIt `catch` \(SomeException _) ->  ((`NW` w) . resName) `fmap` getClassHint d w
 
 unName :: NamedWindow -> Window
 unName (NW _ w) = w
diff --git a/XMonad/Util/Run.hs b/XMonad/Util/Run.hs
index c884818..2afdae5 100644
--- a/XMonad/Util/Run.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Util/Run.hs
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ module XMonad.Util.Run (
 
 import System.Posix.IO
 import System.Posix.Process (executeFile)
+import System.Posix.Types (ProcessID)
 import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay)
-import Control.Exception (try) -- use OldException with base 4
+import Control.Exception.Extensible (try,SomeException)
 import System.IO
 import System.Process (runInteractiveProcess)
 import XMonad
@@ -107,7 +108,9 @@ it makes use of shell interpretation by relying on @$HOME@ and
 interpolation, whereas the safeSpawn example can be safe because
 Firefox doesn't need any arguments if it is just being started. -}
 safeSpawn :: MonadIO m => FilePath -> [String] -> m ()
-safeSpawn prog args = liftIO (try (xfork $ executeFile prog True args Nothing) >> return ())
+safeSpawn prog args = liftIO $ do
+    try $ xfork $ executeFile prog True args Nothing :: IO (Either SomeException ProcessID)
+    return ()
 
 -- | Like 'safeSpawn', but only takes a program (and no arguments for it). eg.
 --
diff --git a/XMonad/Util/XSelection.hs b/XMonad/Util/XSelection.hs
index ad660c6..2dc68e6 100644
--- a/XMonad/Util/XSelection.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Util/XSelection.hs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module XMonad.Util.XSelection (  -- * Usage
                                  transformPromptSelection,
                                  transformSafePromptSelection) where
 
-import Control.Exception as E (catch)
+import Control.Exception.Extensible as E (catch,SomeException(..))
 import Control.Monad (liftM, join)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import XMonad
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ getSelection = io $ do
   ty <- E.catch
                (E.catch
                      (internAtom dpy "UTF8_STRING" False)
-                     (\_ -> internAtom dpy "COMPOUND_TEXT" False))
-             (\_ -> internAtom dpy "sTring" False)
+                     (\(E.SomeException _) -> internAtom dpy "COMPOUND_TEXT" False))
+             (\(E.SomeException _) -> internAtom dpy "sTring" False)
   clp <- internAtom dpy "BLITZ_SEL_STRING" False
   xConvertSelection dpy p ty clp win currentTime
   allocaXEvent $ \e -> do