#12890: don't emit <p> tags in text mode when logdir specified.

Patch by Jeff McNeil.

Lib/cgitb.py

@@ -293,13 +293,18 @@ class Hook:
         if self.logdir is not None:
             suffix = ['.txt', '.html'][self.format=="html"]
             (fd, path) = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=suffix, dir=self.logdir)
+
             try:
                 file = os.fdopen(fd, 'w')
                 file.write(doc)
                 file.close()
-                msg = '<p> %s contains the description of this error.' % path
+                msg = '%s contains the description of this error.' % path
             except:
-                msg = '<p> Tried to save traceback to %s, but failed.' % path
+                msg = 'Tried to save traceback to %s, but failed.' % path
+
+            if self.format == 'html':
+                self.file.write('<p>%s</p>\n' % msg)
+            else:
                 self.file.write(msg + '\n')
         try:
             self.file.flush()

Misc/ACKS

@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ Mark Mc Mahon
 Gordon McMillan
 Caolan McNamara
 Andrew McNamara
+Jeff McNeil
 Craig McPheeters
 Lambert Meertens
 Bill van Melle

Misc/NEWS

@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12890: cgitb no longer prints spurious <p> tags in text
+  mode when the logdir option is specified.
+
 - Issue #16250: Fix URLError invocation with proper args.
 
 - Issue #16305: Fix a segmentation fault occurring when interrupting