From bc56a8e3f25a5726e324b9ddd39aeade3c056c2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Fincher <jemfinch@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 11:31:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Handle errors in getUrlFd properly in Http.kernel.

---
 plugins/Http.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/Http.py b/plugins/Http.py
index 14925b80c..3b93b1f57 100644
--- a/plugins/Http.py
+++ b/plugins/Http.py
@@ -313,7 +313,11 @@ class Http(callbacks.Privmsg):
         Returns information about the current version of the Linux kernel.
         """
         try:
-            fd = webutils.getUrlFd('http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner')
+            try:
+                fd = webutils.getUrlFd('http://kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner')
+            except webutils.WebException, e:
+                irc.error(msg, str(e))
+                return
             for line in fd:
                 (name, version) = line.split(':')
                 if 'latest stable' in name: