python27dummythreadpatch.sh

#! /usr/bin/env bash
# mmedvede

file_to_patch="/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py"

echo "Fixes python 2.7 issue with 'DummyThread object has no attribute...'
according to http://bugs.python.org/issue14308
"

if [ ! -e "$file_to_patch" ]; then
  echo "File to be patched not found: $file_to_patch" 1>&2
else
  sudo patch $file_to_patch << _PATCH 
--- threading.py.orig	2012-09-12 20:00:54.893004574 -0400
+++ threading.py	2012-09-12 20:02:09.059691055 -0400
@@ -605,6 +605,10 @@
                     pass
 
     def __stop(self):
+        # DummyThreads delete self.__block, but they have no waiters to
+        # notify anyway (join() is forbidden on them).
+        if not hasattr(self, '_Thread__block'):
+          return
         self.__block.acquire()
         self.__stopped = True
         self.__block.notify_all()
_PATCH
fi