#12002 - ftplib's abort() method raises TypeError

Lib/ftplib.py

@@ -232,12 +232,13 @@ class FTP:
         This does not follow the procedure from the RFC to send Telnet
         IP and Synch; that doesn't seem to work with the servers I've
         tried.  Instead, just send the ABOR command as OOB data.'''
-        line = 'ABOR' + CRLF
+        line = b'ABOR' + B_CRLF
         if self.debugging > 1: print('*put urgent*', self.sanitize(line))
         self.sock.sendall(line, MSG_OOB)
         resp = self.getmultiline()
         if resp[:3] not in ('426', '225', '226'):
             raise error_proto(resp)
+        return resp
 
     def sendcmd(self, cmd):
         '''Send a command and return the response.'''

Lib/test/test_ftplib.py

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class DummyFTPHandler(asynchat.async_chat):
 
     def __init__(self, conn):
         asynchat.async_chat.__init__(self, conn)
+        # tells the socket to handle urgent data inline (ABOR command)
+        self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_OOBINLINE, 1)
         self.set_terminator(b"\r\n")
         self.in_buffer = []
         self.dtp = None
@@ -158,6 +160,9 @@ class DummyFTPHandler(asynchat.async_chat):
         self.push('221 quit ok')
         self.close()
 
+    def cmd_abor(self, arg):
+        self.push('226 abor ok')
+
     def cmd_stor(self, arg):
         self.push('125 stor ok')
 
@@ -312,6 +317,9 @@ class TestFTPClass(TestCase):
         # Ensure the connection gets closed; sock attribute should be None
         self.assertEqual(self.client.sock, None)
 
+    def test_abort(self):
+        self.client.abort()
+
     def test_retrbinary(self):
         def callback(data):
             received.append(data.decode('ascii'))

Misc/NEWS

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12002: ftplib's abort() method raises TypeError.
+
 - Issue #11391: Writing to a mmap object created with
   ``mmap.PROT_READ|mmap.PROT_EXEC`` would segfault instead of raising a
   TypeError.  Patch by Charles-François Natali.