svn keywords and cosmetic

[nodemanager.git] / curlwrapper.py

diff --git a/curlwrapper.py b/curlwrapper.py
index 8ab597f..bed1b3c 100644 (file)
--- a/curlwrapper.py
+++ b/curlwrapper.py
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-# $Id$
-# $URL$
+# Note
+# in spring 2010, an attempt was made to use pycurl instead of forking curl
+# it turned out, however, that after around 10 cycles of the nodemanager,
+# attempts to call GetSlivers were failing with a curl error 60
+# we are thus reverting to the version from tag curlwrapper.py-NodeManager-2.0-8
+# the (broken) pycurl version can be found in tags 2.0-9 and 2.0-10
 
 from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
 from select import select
-# raise xmplrpclib.ProtocolError
 import xmlrpclib
 import signal
 import os
+
 import logger
 
 class Sopen(Popen):
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ def retrieve(url, cacert=None, postdata=None, timeout=90):
     rc = p.wait()
     if rc != 0: 
         # when this triggers, the error sometimes doesn't get printed
-        logger.log ("in curlwrapper.retrieve, got stderr <%s>"%err)
+        logger.log ("curlwrapper: retrieve, got stderr <%s>"%err)
         raise xmlrpclib.ProtocolError(url, rc, err, postdata)
     else: 
         return data