diff -u smart-1.2/debian/changelog smart-1.2/debian/changelog
--- smart-1.2/debian/changelog
+++ smart-1.2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+smart (1.2-5ubuntu0.2) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * Handle authentication errors when using pycurl, giving a meaningful
+    error message. (LP: #244453)
+
+ -- Andreas Hasenack <andreas@canonical.com>  Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:12:42 -0300
+
 smart (1.2-5ubuntu0.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
 
   * Fix for dealing with incorrect installed-size fields. (LP: #512302)
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- smart-1.2.orig/debian/patches/07_handle_auth_error.patch
+++ smart-1.2/debian/patches/07_handle_auth_error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+=== modified file 'smart/fetcher.py'
+--- a/smart/fetcher.py	2010-03-07 22:15:56 +0000
++++ b/smart/fetcher.py	2010-03-07 22:23:54 +0000
+@@ -1585,6 +1585,8 @@
+                 multi.remove_handle(handle)
+                 self._lock.release()
+ 
++                http_code = handle.getinfo(pycurl.HTTP_CODE)
++
+                 del self._active[handle]
+                 userhost = (url.user, url.host, url.port)
+                 self._inactive[handle] = userhost
+@@ -1598,6 +1600,9 @@
+                     self._queue.append(item)
+                     self._activelimit[item.getURL().host] = handle.active
+                     del self._inactive[handle]
++                elif http_code == 404:
++                    # Use a standard translatable error message.
++                    item.setFailed(_("File not found"))
+                 else:
+                     item.setFailed(errmsg)
+ 
+@@ -1683,6 +1688,7 @@
+                         handle.setopt(pycurl.MAXREDIRS, 5)
+                         handle.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Pragma:"])
+                         handle.setopt(pycurl.USERAGENT, "smart/" + VERSION)
++                        handle.setopt(pycurl.FAILONERROR, 1)
+ 
+                         # check if we have a valid local file and use I-M-S
+                         if fetcher.validate(item, localpath):
+
+=== modified file 'tests/fetcher.py'
+--- a/tests/fetcher.py	2010-03-03 11:55:34 +0000
++++ b/tests/fetcher.py	2010-03-07 22:23:54 +0000
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ from smart.progress import Progress
+ from smart.interface import Interface
+ from smart.fetcher import Fetcher
+-from smart.const import VERSION
++from smart.const import VERSION, SUCCEEDED, FAILED
+ from smart import fetcher, iface
+ 
+ from tests.mocker import MockerTestCase
+@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@
+                 del os.environ["http_proxy"]
+         self.assertTrue("Pragma: no-cache\r\n" not in headers)
+ 
++    def test_401_handling(self):
++        headers = []
++        def handler(request):
++            request.send_error(401, "Authorization Required")
++            request.send_header("Content-Length", "17")
++            request.wfile.write("401 Unauthorized.")
++        self.start_server(handler)
++        self.fetcher.enqueue(URL)
++        self.fetcher.run(progress=Progress())
++        item = self.fetcher.getItem(URL)
++        self.assertEquals(item.getStatus(), FAILED)
++
+     def test_404_handling(self):
+         headers = []
+         def handler(request):
+