Merge lp:~mvo/software-center/lp970342 into lp:software-center

[Michael Vogt]

Do not crash if the parent goes away (and therefore the pipe) and the token can not be obtained. Fixes LP: #970342

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Looks exceedingly reasonable! :) Thank you, mvo!

review: Approve

=== modified file 'utils/piston-helpers/piston_generic_helper.py'
--- utils/piston-helpers/piston_generic_helper.py	2012-03-28 12:36:26 +0000
+++ utils/piston-helpers/piston_generic_helper.py	2012-04-11 08:43:28 +0000
@@ -192,7 +192,12 @@
         token = helper.get_oauth_token_and_verify_sync()
         # if we don't have a token, error here
         if not token:
-            sys.stderr.write("ERROR: can not obtain a oauth token\n")
+            # it may happen that the parent is closed already so the pipe
+            # is gone, that is ok as we exit anyway
+            try:
+                sys.stderr.write("ERROR: can not obtain a oauth token\n")
+            except IOError:
+                pass
             sys.exit(1)
 
         auth = piston_mini_client.auth.OAuthAuthorizer(