SF bug #430160: CGIHTTPServer.py POST bug using IE
Minor improvement to previous bugfix.
Eating the remaining characters would lead to an endless loop
without a termination test.
diff --git a/Lib/CGIHTTPServer.py b/Lib/CGIHTTPServer.py
index f14ebba..437ee80 100644
--- a/Lib/CGIHTTPServer.py
+++ b/Lib/CGIHTTPServer.py
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@
pid, sts = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
# throw away additional data [see bug #427345]
while select.select([self.rfile], [], [], 0)[0]:
- waste = self.rfile.read(1)
+ if not self.rfile.read(1):
+ break
if sts:
self.log_error("CGI script exit status %#x", sts)
return
@@ -250,7 +251,8 @@
fi.write(data)
# throw away additional data [see bug #427345]
while select.select([self.rfile._sock], [], [], 0)[0]:
- waste = self.rfile._sock.recv(1)
+ if not self.rfile._sock.recv(1):
+ break
fi.close()
shutil.copyfileobj(fo, self.wfile)
if self.have_popen3: