Description of problem: If we stop a syslog daemon when running the following program, it leads to an infinite loop. Upstream bug report: http://bugs.python.org/issue15179 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python-2.6.6-32.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: Test script in upstream bug report. send a message to logger send a message to logger send a message to logger ( kill rsyslog here) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/logging/handlers.py", line 795, in emit self._connect_unixsocket(self.address) File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/logging/handlers.py", line 730, in _connect_unixsocket self.socket.connect(address) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/eventlet/greenio.py", line 167, in connect while not socket_connect(fd, address): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/eventlet/greenio.py", line 37, in socket_connect raise socket.error(err, errno.errorcode[err]) error: [Errno 2] ENOENT send a message to logger ( restart rsyslog here, but test script does not continue) PS I was NOT able to reproduce on F17 (python-2.7.3-6.fc17.x86_64) where rsyslog is socket activated.
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Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0437.html