Updated basecommand.py such that writing to the log file doesn't fail…

…. If permission is denied for writing in the specified log file the message will be written to a temporary one.
pypa · Jun 16, 2012 · 8ebc7a3 · garrypolley · Sep 5, 2012 · 8ebc7a3
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commit 8ebc7a3
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/pip/basecommand.py b/pip/basecommand.py
@@ -138,8 +138,13 @@ def main(self, args, initial_options):
         if store_log:
             log_fn = options.log_file
             text = '\n'.join(complete_log)
-            logger.fatal('Storing complete log in %s' % log_fn)
-            log_fp = open_logfile(log_fn, 'w')
+            try:
+               log_fp = open_logfile(log_fn, 'w')
+            except IOError:
+               temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+               log_fn = temp.name
+               log_fp = open_logfile(log_fn, 'w')
+            logger.fatal('Storing complete log in %s' % log_fn)			
             log_fp.write(text)
             log_fp.close()
         return exit