From 32ef50708a690ae38c58b86981d5c64cb33bbcf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dimitris Zlatanidis <d.zlatanidis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 21:43:02 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed urllib3.exceptions.NewConnectionError #173

---
 ChangeLog.txt          |  4 ++++
 slpkg/check_updates.py | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index da9b065f..ac1c5d86 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+4.8.9 - 06/06/2023
+Fixed
+- urllib3.exceptions.NewConnectionError (Thanks to rizitis) #173
+
 4.8.8 - 29/05/2023
 Updated:
 - France manpage
diff --git a/slpkg/check_updates.py b/slpkg/check_updates.py
index e61b4749..373e8144 100644
--- a/slpkg/check_updates.py
+++ b/slpkg/check_updates.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import os
 import logging
+import requests
 from pathlib import Path
 from multiprocessing import Process
 from urllib3 import PoolManager, ProxyManager, make_headers
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ class CheckUpdates(Configs):
 
     def compare_the_changelogs(self, local_chg_txt: Path, repo_chg_txt: str) -> bool:
         local_size: int = 0
+        repo_size: int = 0
 
         if self.proxy_address.startswith('http'):
             self.set_http_proxy_server()
@@ -98,13 +100,17 @@ class CheckUpdates(Configs):
             self.set_socks_proxy_server()
 
         try:
+            requests.get(repo_chg_txt, timeout=2)
             repo = self.http.request('GET', repo_chg_txt)
             if local_chg_txt.is_file():
                 local_size: int = int(os.stat(local_chg_txt).st_size)
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             raise SystemExit(1)
-
-        repo_size: int = int(repo.headers['Content-Length'])
+        except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
+            print(f'\n\n{self.endc}{self.prog_name}: {self.bred}Error:{self.endc} '
+                  f'Failed to connect to {repo_chg_txt}\n')
+        else:
+            repo_size: int = int(repo.headers['Content-Length'])
 
         logger = logging.getLogger(LoggingConfig.date_time)
         logger.info(f'{self.__class__.__name__}: '