[LIBCLOUD-257] S3 get_object hangs when object doesn't exist but only on python 2.6

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.1
• Component/s: Storage

Environment

Python2.6

• Assignee: Tomaz Muraus
• Reporter: John Carr
• Created: 12/Nov/12 16:36
• Updated: 23/Mar/13 04:48
• Resolved: 13/Nov/12 03:01

Description

A colleague wrote a proof-of-concept script against S3 with libcloud and python 2.7. When I tried to run it on a 2.6 machine it failed. It hung whilst calling get_object. I traced this back to a change between python 2.6 and 2.7 and how it handles 'HEAD' requests.