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Bug 69781 - makecat uses http on import, causing deadlock

Summary:	makecat uses http on import, causing deadlock

Status: NEW Product: Pywikibot Classification: Unclassified Component: Other scripts (Other open bugs) Version: core-(2.0) Hardware: All All Importance: High major Target Milestone: --- Assigned To: Pywikipedia bugs URL: Whiteboard: Keywords: Depends on: Blocks: pwbdoc pwb20   Show dependency tree / graph		Reported: 2014-08-20 11:12 UTC by John Mark Vandenberg Modified: 2014-11-09 20:44 UTC (History) CC List: 1 user (show) jayvdb See Also: Web browser: --- Mobile Platform: --- Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---

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Description John Mark Vandenberg 2014-08-20 11:12:07 UTC makecat has its main loop at the module level, rather than in a function main() like other scripts. This causes a deadlock in handleArgs while trying to fetch the live API version. Comment 1 Gerrit Notification Bot 2014-08-20 11:27:47 UTC Change 155231 had a related patch set uploaded by John Vandenberg: Add main() to makecat https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/155231