Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 518291
Python management tools must handle SystemExit exception properly
Last modified: 2013-09-12 18:10:53 EDT
Description of problem: The SystemExit exception is raised by calls to sys.exit(n) in some versions of Python. It is important that the scripts handle system exits properly on all versions of the Python interpreter that they will be deployed on.
*** Bug 533165 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The issue was due to the handling of the SystemExit exception (namely trying to call SystemExit.__repr__, which doesn't exist in python 2.4.3), not due to the exception itself being raised. But the offending code is no longer in the codebase, and I haven't been able to replicate the issue on python 2.4.3 (RHEL 5) nor on python 2.6 (RHEL 6).
fixed on qpid-tools-0.7.946106-10 validated on RHEL5.5/RHEL4 i386 / x86_64 packages: # rpm -qa | grep -E '(qpid|openais|rhm)' | sort -u openais-0.80.6-16.el5_5.7 openais-devel-0.80.6-16.el5_5.7 python-qpid-0.7.946106-14.el5 qpid-cpp-client-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-cpp-client-devel-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-cpp-client-devel-docs-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-cpp-client-ssl-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-cpp-mrg-debuginfo-0.7.946106-14.el5 qpid-cpp-server-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-cpp-server-cluster-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-cpp-server-devel-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-cpp-server-ssl-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-cpp-server-store-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-cpp-server-xml-0.7.946106-15.el5 qpid-java-client-0.7.946106-9.el5 qpid-java-common-0.7.946106-9.el5 qpid-tools-0.7.946106-10.el5 rhm-docs-0.7.946106-5.el5 rh-tests-distribution-MRG-Messaging-qpid_common-1.6-53 ->VERIFIED
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: Previously, the 'SystemExit' exception was thrown by calls to 'sys.exit(n)' in some versions of Python in the Python management tools. With this update, system exits are handled properly on all versions of the Python interpreter.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0773.html