Fixed #4701 -- sys.exit() will no longer get swallowed by the http ha…

…ndler. Slightly backwards compatible, perhaps, but you really shouldn't be sys.exit()ing in view code anyway. Thanks, Bastian Kleineidam.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@7168 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/core/handlers/base.py

@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ def get_response(self, request):
         except exceptions.PermissionDenied:
             return http.HttpResponseForbidden('<h1>Permission denied</h1>')
         except SystemExit:
-            pass # See http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/1023
+            # Allow sys.exit() to actually exit. See tickets #1023 and #4701
+            raise
         except: # Handle everything else, including SuspiciousOperation, etc.
             # Get the exception info now, in case another exception is thrown later.
             exc_info = sys.exc_info()