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Diffstat (limited to 'rdiff-backup/src/connection.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | rdiff-backup/src/connection.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/src/connection.py b/rdiff-backup/src/connection.py index 4c87979..9842480 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/src/connection.py +++ b/rdiff-backup/src/connection.py @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import types, os, tempfile, cPickle, shutil, traceback # class ConnectionError(Exception): pass +class ConnectionReadError(ConnectionError): pass class ConnectionQuit(Exception): pass @@ -210,8 +211,9 @@ class LowLevelPipeConnection(Connection): def _get(self): """Read an object from the pipe and return (req_num, value)""" header_string = self.inpipe.read(9) - assert len(header_string) == 9, \ - "Error reading from pipe (problem probably originated remotely)" + if not len(header_string) == 9: + raise ConnectionReadError("Truncated header string (problem " + "probably originated remotely)") try: format_string, req_num, length = (header_string[0], ord(header_string[1]), |