added 'unexpected communication error' fix to ChangeLog. Added formatExceptionInfo to server/asyncserver.py

We should move that function to a helpers module.


git-svn-id: https://fail2ban.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fail2ban/branches/FAIL2BAN-0_8@739 a942ae1a-1317-0410-a47c-b1dcaea8d605

ChangeLog

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Fail2Ban (version 0.8.4)                                              2009/02/??
 
 ver. 0.8.4 (2009/??/??) - stable
 ----------
+- Fixed the 'unexpected communication error' problem by means of
+  use_poll=False in Python >= 2.6.
 - Merged patches from Debian package. Thanks to Yaroslav Halchenko.
 - Use current day and month instead of Jan 1st if both are not available in the
   log. Thanks to Andreas Itzchak Rehberg.

server/asyncserver.py

@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ import asyncore, asynchat, socket, os, logging, sys
 # Gets the instance of the logger.
 logSys = logging.getLogger("fail2ban.server")
 
+# we should move this to some sort of helper functions module
+
+def formatExceptionInfo():
+	""" Author: Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman """
+	import sys
+	cla, exc = sys.exc_info()[:2]
+	excName = cla.__name__
+	try:
+		excArgs = exc.__dict__["args"]
+	except KeyError:
+		excArgs = str(exc)
+	return (excName, excArgs)
+
 ##
 # Request handler class.
 #
@@ -69,7 +82,9 @@ class RequestHandler(asynchat.async_chat):
 		self.close_when_done()
 		
 	def handle_error(self):
-		logSys.error("Unexpected communication error")
+		e1,e2 = formatExceptionInfo()
+		logSys.error("Unexpected communication error: "+e2)
+		logSys.error(traceback.format_exc().splitlines())
 		self.close()
 		
 ##