Package: python2.3 Version: 2.3.5-2 Severity: normal (same bug seems to hold for python 2.4.1 as well)
I was trying to implement a basic HTTP client using HTTP basic authorization. The current preferred method of doing this is by using urllib2 HTTPPasswordMgr. A simple test snippet to try this: pwmgr=urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm() pwmgr.add_password(None, url, username, password) handler=urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(pwmgr) opener=urllib2.build_opener(handler) urllib2.install_opener(opener) u=urllib2.urlopen(url) This did not work. Modifying the second line to: pwmgr.add_password(None, urlparse.urlparse(url)[1], username, password) fixed things, which shows a problem in the documentation: instead of a URI or sequence of URIs the add_password method takes a hostname. The documented behaviour would be better since it allows for multiple passwords per host, although in reality those will use different realms. So I suggest not changing the code in order to not break existing application but fixing the documentation instead. Wichert. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages python2.3 depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.2-5 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdb4.2 4.2.52-18 Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [ ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline4 4.3-15 GNU readline and history libraries ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-3 SSL shared libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
