Description of problem:
Crashes with traceback. Can't even read --help or --version output.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.hg clone https://code.google.com/p/rietveld/
2.cd rietveld; hg up -r 772
3.pylint --version
  
Actual results:
$ pylint --version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pylint", line 4, in <module>
    lint.Run(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylint/lint.py", line 833, in __init__
    linter.load_config_file()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/logilab/common/configuration.py", line 649, in load_config_file
    provider.set_option(option, value, optdict=optdict)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylint/lint.py", line 301, in set_option
    meth(_id)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylint/utils.py", line 172, in disable
    msg = self.check_message_id(msgid)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pylint/utils.py", line 229, in check_message_id
    raise UnknownMessage('No such message id %s' % msgid)
pylint.utils.UnknownMessage: No such message id W1201


Expected results:
No config file found, using default configuration
pylint 0.23.0, 
astng 0.21.1, common 0.55.1
Python 2.7.2 (default, Oct 27 2011, 01:36:46) 
[GCC 4.6.1 20111003 (Red Hat 4.6.1-10)]