gistfile1.rb

begin
  res = @http.request(req)
  unless res.kind_of?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
    res.error!
  end
rescue Timeout::Error, Errno::EINVAL, EOFError, Net::HTTPBadResponse, Net::HTTPHeaderSyntaxError, Net::ProtocolError, Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ETIMEDOUT, NoMethodError => e
  # http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2708
  # http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2758
  if e.to_s =~ /#{Regexp.escape(%q|undefined method 'closed?' for nil:NilClass|)}/
    Chef::Log.fatal("POST to Solr encountered exception Errno::ECONNREFUSED: net/http undefined method closed?")
    Chef::Log.debug("rescued error in http connect, treating it as Errno::ECONNREFUSED to hide bug in net/http")
    raise Errno::ECONNREFUSED
  else
    Chef::Log.fatal("POST to Solr encountered exception #{e.class}: #{e.to_s}")
  end

  raise e
end