Make ebuild-ipc show an additional 'read failed' message if the buffer

happens to be empty after the read loop.

diff --git a/bin/ebuild-ipc.py b/bin/ebuild-ipc.py
index 76e64329b05945375c426e1be76d91322dc28f3a..e353dc4dff2049332f42ddd35ceda7c7b14ad25b 100755 (executable)
--- a/bin/ebuild-ipc.py
+++ b/bin/ebuild-ipc.py
@@ -159,7 +159,14 @@ class EbuildIpc(object):
 
                rval = 2
 
-               if buf:
+               if not buf:
+
+                       portage.util.writemsg_level(
+                               "ebuild-ipc: %s\n" % \
+                               (portage.localization._('read failed'),),
+                               level=logging.ERROR, noiselevel=-1)
+
+               else:
 
                        try:
                                reply = pickle.loads(buf.tostring())