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  • Committer: William Grant
  • Date: 2009-03-17 07:16:03 UTC
  • Revision ID: grantw@unimelb.edu.au-20090317071603-ux5qxbjkpdarvig3
Tags: 0.1.9.10
ivle.interpret.execute_raw() no longer breaks with lots of data.

Previously we uses subprocess' wait(), which doesn't empty the stdout
pipe. It filled up, causing the child to block. We now use communicate()
instead, which select()s and reads the pipes to unblock things.

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ivle/config/__init__.py
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def search_confdir():
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    """
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    Search for the config file, and return the directory it is in.
 
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    Search for the config file, and return it as a filename.
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    1. Environment var IVLECONF (path to directory)
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    2. /etc/ivle
 
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    2. /etc/ivle/ivle.conf
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    Raises a ConfigError on error.
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    """
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    if 'IVLECONF' in os.environ: