#1726172: dont raise an unexpected IndexError if a voidresp() call has an empty response.
diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
index 807bc38..222e77d 100644
--- a/Lib/ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
def voidresp(self):
"""Expect a response beginning with '2'."""
resp = self.getresp()
- if resp[0] != '2':
+ if resp[:1] != '2':
raise error_reply, resp
return resp
@@ -520,8 +520,6 @@
resp = self.sendcmd('DELE ' + filename)
if resp[:3] in ('250', '200'):
return resp
- elif resp[:1] == '5':
- raise error_perm, resp
else:
raise error_reply, resp
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index db86b51..13d2202 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue 1726172: fix IndexError in the case of and empty response in ftplib.
+
- Issue 2625: added missing iteritems() call to the for loop in
mailbox.MH.get_message().