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-rwxr-xr-xNEWS3
-rwxr-xr-xcron/gate_news6
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c547054e..72c195af 100755
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
Bug fixes and other patches
+ - Fixed cron/gate_news to catch EOFError on opening the newsgroup.
+ (LP: #1486263)
+
- Fixed a bug where a delayed probe bounce can throw an AttributeError.
(LP: #1482940)
diff --git a/cron/gate_news b/cron/gate_news
index c66c09e0..8b6476a3 100755
--- a/cron/gate_news
+++ b/cron/gate_news
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#! @PYTHON@
#
-# Copyright (C) 1998-2011 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1998-2015 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def open_newsgroup(mlist):
readermode=True,
user=mm_cfg.NNTP_USERNAME,
password=mm_cfg.NNTP_PASSWORD)
- except (socket.error, nntplib.NNTPError, IOError), e:
+ except (socket.error, nntplib.NNTPError, IOError, EOFError), e:
syslog('fromusenet',
'error opening connection to nntp_host: %s\n%s',
mlist.nntp_host, e)
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def process_lists(glock):
# Open the newsgroup, but let most exceptions percolate up.
try:
conn, first, last = open_newsgroup(mlist)
- except (socket.error, nntplib.NNTPError), e:
+ except (socket.error, nntplib.NNTPError, IOError, EOFError), e:
syslog('fromusenet',
"%s: couldn't open newsgroup %s: skipping\n%s",
listname, mlist.linked_newsgroup, e)