URLError: [Errno 8] _ssl.c:490: EOF occurred in violation of protocol

[Mads Kiilerich]

Sean wrote, On 04/01/2012 09:29 PM:
> Hi all,
> I installed tortoisehg-2.3.1-hg-2.1.1-x64.msi on a win7 pro box and 
> tried to clone from wami repository. I got
> % hg clone --verbose -- https://code.google.com/p/wami-recorder/
> URLError: [Errno 8] _ssl.c:490: EOF occurred in violation of protocol
> [command returned code 255 Sun Apr 01 14:23:33 2012]
>
> I'm not sure if it's a proxy error or the repository having problem?

The problem is at the ssl level, so I would look for some kind of 
network or resource problem. The only way it could indicate a repository 
problem is if it is so corrupt that it makes the web server explode ... 
and I don't have a problem cloning that repo.

/Mads