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Re: [PATCH] fix obscure perl message when encryption=tls and smtp cannot connect.

From
YLYakov Lerner <iler.ml@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 25, 2009, 21:39 UTC
Message-ID
<f36b08ee0909251439o38b8e414nc7621085d7489ade@mail.gmail.com>
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<20090925213440.GX14660@spearce.org>
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 00:34, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
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> iler.ml@gmail.com wrote:
> > When encryption=tls and smtp cannot connect, git-send-email prints following perl error:
> >
> > Can't call method "command" on an undefined value at /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-send-email line 927.
> >
> > (ithis is when smtp host orport is misspelled, or network is down, and encryption is tls).
> > We expect some familiar "Cannot connect to SERVER:PORT" message.
> > Fix it to print normal "smtp can't connect" diagnostics.
>
> Thanks, looks reasonable.  Signed-off-by line, per the Developer's
> Certificate of Origin in Documentation/SubmittingPatches ?
Signed-off-by: Yakov Lerner <iler.ml@gmail.com>
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> > --- /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-send-email.000    2009-09-26 00:10:01.000000000 +0300
> > +++ /usr/local/libexec/git-core/git-send-email        2009-09-26 00:11:39.000000000 +0300
> > @@ -922,7 +922,7 @@
> >                       $smtp ||= Net::SMTP->new((defined $smtp_server_port)
> >                                                ? "$smtp_server:$smtp_server_port"
> >                                                : $smtp_server);
> > -                     if ($smtp_encryption eq 'tls') {
> > +                     if ($smtp_encryption eq 'tls' && $smtp) {
> >                               require Net::SMTP::SSL;
> >                               $smtp->command('STARTTLS');
> >                               $smtp->response();
>
Yakov
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