[Python-Dev] OpenSSL httplib bug

[Brett Cannon]

On 9/30/07, Richie Ward <richies at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was using httplib to power my xml rpc script.
>
> I had problems when I wanted to use SSL and I got this error:
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 1109, in recv
>     return self._ssl.read(len)
> socket.sslerror: (8, 'EOF occurred in violation of protocol')
>
> I figured out this was because of poor error handling in python.
>
> May I suggest this as a fix to this bug:
> $ diff /usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py /usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py~
> 1109,1112c1109
> <         try:
> <             return self._ssl.read(len)
> <         except socket.sslerror:
> <             return
> ---
> >         return self._ssl.read(len)
>
> Just a note. I am by no means a python expert, just good enough to get
> my work done.
> I use Ubuntu gutsy.

If you could, Richie, please open a bug report at bugs.python.org and
attach your patch to it?  That way it won't get lost and it can be
attended to properly.

-Brett