If the server hangs up while we're talking to it, just `message' the error instead of throwing an error.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/url/ChangeLog b/lisp/url/ChangeLog
index a2a1b451258..5eb22bb8614 100644
--- a/lisp/url/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/url/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-11-14  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+        * url-http.el (url-http-async-sentinel): If the server hangs up
+        while we're talking to it, just `message' the error instead of
+        throwing an error.
+
 2011-11-03  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
         * url-cookie.el (url-cookie-expired-p): Protect against
diff --git a/lisp/url/url-http.el b/lisp/url/url-http.el
index 6e192cd5aae..e9da4a1010c 100644
--- a/lisp/url/url-http.el
+++ b/lisp/url/url-http.el
@@ -1255,7 +1255,11 @@ CBARGS as the arguments."
         (url-http-end-of-document-sentinel proc why))
        ((string= (substring why 0 4) "open")
         (setq url-http-connection-opened t)
-        (process-send-string proc (url-http-create-request)))
+        (condition-case error
+            (process-send-string proc (url-http-create-request))
+          (file-error
+           (setq url-http-connection-opened nil)
+           (message "HTTP error: %s" error))))
        (t
         (setf (car url-callback-arguments)
               (nconc (list :error (list 'error 'connection-failed why