From b78b56d7821cc30c904ee2dd5af57973b9622215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:17:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update for an Issue #287 regarding read_output returning
 values

---
 lib/utils/xmlrpc.py | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/utils/xmlrpc.py b/lib/utils/xmlrpc.py
index 2b81beebc..de895b06a 100644
--- a/lib/utils/xmlrpc.py
+++ b/lib/utils/xmlrpc.py
@@ -54,14 +54,13 @@ class XMLRPCServer:
         return kb.get("busyFlag")
 
     def read_output(self):
-        retval = []
-        for _ in ("stdout", "stderr"):
-            stream = getattr(sys, _)
-            stream.seek(0)
-            retval.append(stream.read())
-            stream.truncate(0)
-        if not filter(None, retval) and not self.is_busy():
+        sys.stdout.seek(0)
+        retval = sys.stdout.read()
+        sys.stdout.truncate(0)
+
+        if not retval and not self.is_busy():
             retval = None
+
         return retval
 
     def run(self):