X-Git-Url: http://xvm.mit.edu/gitweb/invirt/packages/invirt-web.git/blobdiff_plain/504587ddf79685559107c75721bf45a00bf8210c..2ceb21a06962e780e76e376870f489725ebd3381:/code/main.py

diff --git a/code/main.py b/code/main.py
index 5874928..7531852 100755
--- a/code/main.py
+++ b/code/main.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def revertStandardError():
     """Move stderr to stdout, and return the contents of the old stderr."""
     errio = sys.stderr
     if not isinstance(errio, StringIO):
-        return None
+        return ''
     sys.stderr = sys.stdout
     errio.seek(0)
     return errio.read()
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ DEFAULT_HEADERS = {'Content-Type': 'text/html'}
 
 def error(op, username, fields, err, emsg):
     """Print an error page when a CodeError occurs"""
+    send_error_mail('xvm error on %s for %s: %s' % (op, username, err),
+                    'error on %s for %s: %s\n\n%s\n'
+                    % (op, username, err, emsg))
     d = dict(op=op, user=username, errorMessage=str(err),
              stderr=emsg)
     return templates.error(searchList=[d])
@@ -581,7 +584,7 @@ def unauthFront(_, _2, fields):
 
 def throwError(_, __, ___):
     """Throw an error, to test the error-tracing mechanisms."""
-    raise RuntimeError("This is a test of the emergency broadcast system.")
+    raise CodeError("test of the emergency broadcast system")
 
 mapping = dict(list=listVms,
                vnc=vnc,