[jira] [Created] (UIMA-4168) DUCC scripting uncaught exceptions

["Jim Challenger (JIRA)" <de...@uima.apache.org>]

Jim Challenger created UIMA-4168:
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             Summary: DUCC scripting uncaught exceptions
                 Key: UIMA-4168
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA-4168
             Project: UIMA
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: DUCC
    Affects Versions: 1.1.0-Ducc
            Reporter: Jim Challenger
            Assignee: Jim Challenger
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: 2.0.0-Ducc


If ducc scripts that use ducc_util.spawn() participate in a unix pipeline, and that pipeline is broken, either accidentally or deliberately, the underlying subsystem.popen() might throw an exception when components elsewhere in the pipeline close().  Couldn't find any way to catch this exception in a reliable manner.  Solution is to set the sys.excepthook method to a custom method that deals with the problem.  In this case, it's ok to simply ignore the exception so it doesn't spew to the console, disconcerting the user.  The test for this is to pipe the output of ducc_process_submit into 'head', which reads a few lines and then closes its pipe even if ducc_process_submit isn't completed.



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