[csw-devel] SF.net SVN: gar:[17463] csw/mgar/gar/v2/lib/python

[wahwah at users.sourceforge.net]

Revision: 17463
          http://gar.svn.sourceforge.net/gar/?rev=17463&view=rev
Author:   wahwah
Date:     2012-03-19 14:47:57 +0000 (Mon, 19 Mar 2012)
Log Message:
-----------
checkpkg: A comment about libmagic problems

Modified Paths:
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    csw/mgar/gar/v2/lib/python/inspective_package.py
    csw/mgar/gar/v2/lib/python/package.py

Modified: csw/mgar/gar/v2/lib/python/inspective_package.py
===================================================================
--- csw/mgar/gar/v2/lib/python/inspective_package.py	2012-03-19 14:47:35 UTC (rev 17462)
+++ csw/mgar/gar/v2/lib/python/inspective_package.py	2012-03-19 14:47:57 UTC (rev 17463)
@@ -426,6 +426,12 @@
         logging.error("magic_cookie.file(%s) returned None. Retrying.",
                       full_path)
         self.magic_cookie = self._GetCookie()
+        # In practice, this retrying doesn't help.  There seems to be
+        # something process-related which prevents libmagic from
+        # functioning.  The only known workaround is to shutdown the
+        # process and run it again.
+        #
+        # The issues have been observed with file-5.04.
     return mime
 
 

Modified: csw/mgar/gar/v2/lib/python/package.py
===================================================================
--- csw/mgar/gar/v2/lib/python/package.py	2012-03-19 14:47:35 UTC (rev 17462)
+++ csw/mgar/gar/v2/lib/python/package.py	2012-03-19 14:47:57 UTC (rev 17463)
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@
 
   def MakeAbsolutePath(self, p):
     return os.path.join(self.pkgpath, p)
+
+
 class PackageComparator(object):
 
   def __init__(self, file_name_a, file_name_b,

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