- Use pickle instead of cPickle. Python 2.5 gives an exception with cPickle

- Use a binary format instead of ASCII

git-svn-id: https://fail2ban.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/fail2ban/trunk@443 a942ae1a-1317-0410-a47c-b1dcaea8d605

CHANGELOG

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ ver. 0.7.4 (2006/??/??) - beta
   Python
 - Better debugging output for "fail2ban-regex"
 - Added support for more date format
+- cPickle does not work with Python 2.5. Use pickle instead
+  (performance is not a problem in our case)
 
 ver. 0.7.3 (2006/09/28) - beta
 ----------

TODO

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Legend:
 # partially done
 * done
 
+- Fix the cPickle issue with Python 2.5
+
 - Multiline log reading
 
 - Improve communication. (asyncore, asynchat??)

client/csocket.py

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ __date__ = "$Date$"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
-from cPickle import dumps, loads
+#from cPickle import dumps, loads, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
+from pickle import dumps, loads, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
 import socket
 
 class CSocket:
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class CSocket:
 	
 	def send(self, msg):
 		# Convert every list member to string
-		obj = dumps(map(str, msg))
+		obj = dumps(map(str, msg), HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
 		self.__csock.send(obj + CSocket.END_STRING)
 		ret = self.receive(self.__csock)
 		self.__csock.close()

server/ssocket.py

@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ __copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2004 Cyril Jaquier"
 __license__ = "GPL"
 
 from threading import Thread
-from cPickle import dumps, loads
+# cPickle generates an exception with Python 2.5
+#from cPickle import dumps, loads, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
+from pickle import dumps, loads, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
 import socket, logging, os, os.path
 
 # Gets the instance of the logger.
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ class SocketWorker(Thread):
 	
 	@staticmethod
 	def __send(sock, msg):
-		obj = dumps(msg)
+		obj = dumps(msg, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
 		sock.send(obj + SSocket.END_STRING)
 	
 	@staticmethod