NameError: global name '_exception_message' is not defined

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Using Python version 2.7.13 (default, Apr 4 2017 08:47:57)
SparkSession available as 'spark'.

In [1]: from java_gateway import local_connect_and_auth

In [2]: local_connect_and_auth(80, "xxx")
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NameError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-2-bc1a1b76dc77> in <module>()
----> 1 local_connect_and_auth(80, "xxx")

/Users/dbirkman/projects/spark-2.3.2-with-pythonrdd-patch/spark/python/pyspark/java_gateway.pyc in local_connect_and_auth(port, auth_secret)
171 return (sockfile, sock)
172 except socket.error as e:
--> 173 emsg = _exception_message(e)
174 errors.append("tried to connect to %s, but an error occured: %s" % (sa, emsg))
175 sock.close()

NameError: global name '_exception_message' is not defined