python -m SimpleHTTPServer crashed

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Issue

  • python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080 crashed with following error
abrt_version:   2.0.8
cmdline:        python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080
event_log:      
executable:     /usr/lib64/python2.6/SimpleHTTPServer.py
hostname:       
kernel:         2.6.32-642.11.1.el6.x86_64
last_occurrence: 1482429222
machineid:      sosreport_uploader-dmidecode=39d99a2306495bcd53b0ab2fef9ef7dfc1cd26cd9bbb894c8b5ac45b51492e08
pkg_arch:       x86_64
pkg_epoch:      0
pkg_fingerprint: 199E 2F91 FD43 1D51
pkg_name:       python-libs
pkg_release:    66.el6_8
pkg_vendor:     Red Hat, Inc.
pkg_version:    2.6.6
time:           Thu 22 Dec 2016 09:53:42 AM PST
uid:            0
username:       root

sosreport.tar.xz: Binary file, 1880908 bytes

backtrace:
:<string>:1:bind:error: [Errno 98] Address already in use
:
:Traceback (most recent call last):
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/runpy.py", line 122, in _run_module_as_main
:    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/runpy.py", line 34, in _run_code
:    exec code in run_globals
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/SimpleHTTPServer.py", line 220, in <module>
:    test()
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/SimpleHTTPServer.py", line 216, in test
:    BaseHTTPServer.test(HandlerClass, ServerClass)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/BaseHTTPServer.py", line 584, in test
:    httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/SocketServer.py", line 412, in __init__
:    self.server_bind()
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/BaseHTTPServer.py", line 108, in server_bind
:    SocketServer.TCPServer.server_bind(self)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/SocketServer.py", line 423, in server_bind
:    self.socket.bind(self.server_address)
:  File "<string>", line 1, in bind
:error: [Errno 98] Address already in use
:
:Local variables in innermost frame:
:self: <socket._socketobject object at 0x1018a60>
:args: (('', 8080),)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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