Bazaar Error Message

[Vincent Ladeuil]

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris  <default at computeralchemist.com> writes:

    Chris> R:\Programs>bzr branch http://bangpath.org/bzr/instiki/main instiki-main
    Chris> bzr: ERROR: pycurl.error: (52, 'Empty reply from server')

Hmmm, I do not experience it when executing the same command. But
probably you can confirm that this is a transient bug.

The next time you experience it, try to report it on launchpad
and attach the '.bzr.log' file you'll find in your home
directory.

Also, as you use lighttpd, if you could attach its log file too,
that may help.

<snip/>

    Chris>   File "bzrlib\transport\http\_pycurl.pyc", line 113, in _get

    Chris>   File "bzrlib\transport\http\_pycurl.pyc", line 173, in _get_ranged

    Chris>   File "bzrlib\transport\http\_pycurl.pyc", line 216, in _curl_perform

    Chris> error: (52, 'Empty reply from server')

I am currently trying to reproduce that kind of error (as I
encountered it in another context) and it most often occurs when
a GET request with multiple ranges resulting in big chunks of a
file (inventory.xxx or signatures.xxx are often seen) is issued.

Basically what seem to happen here is that :
- the server crashed or get delayed,
- a timeout fired somewhere between you and the server (any
  intermediate node on the route),

Then, pycurl reacts as if the response was already available from
the server but found nothing instead.

Simply issuing the command again is the best workaround I can
think of :-/

Just my 2 cents,

        Vincent