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-rwxr-xr-xsetuptools/package_index.py15
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 11498ab4..14ce6734 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CHANGES
------
* Found another case of SandboxViolation - fixed
-
+* Issue 48: Introduced a socket timeout of 15 seconds on url openings
------
0.6.10
diff --git a/setuptools/package_index.py b/setuptools/package_index.py
index ee980214..924c15e1 100755
--- a/setuptools/package_index.py
+++ b/setuptools/package_index.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ __all__ = [
'interpret_distro_name',
]
+_SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 15
+
def parse_bdist_wininst(name):
"""Return (base,pyversion) or (None,None) for possible .exe name"""
@@ -717,6 +719,17 @@ def htmldecode(text):
+def socket_timeout(timeout=15):
+ def _socket_timeout(func):
+ def _socket_timeout(*args, **kwargs):
+ old_timeout = socket.getdefaulttimeout()
+ socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout)
+ try:
+ return func(*args, **kwargs)
+ finally:
+ socket.setdefaulttimeout(old_timeout)
+ return _socket_timeout
+ return _socket_timeout
def open_with_auth(url):
@@ -749,6 +762,8 @@ def open_with_auth(url):
return fp
+# adding a timeout to avoid freezing package_index
+open_with_auth = socket_timeout(_SOCKET_TIMEOUT)(open_with_auth)