From 81f145111854b8ff07ea55893c2dc25859ed0fd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:15:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify exception message when an empty response is returned

---
 src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php b/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
index 0048880cb..5d07aaeda 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ class RemoteFilesystem
 
         // handle copy command if download was successful
         if (false !== $result && null !== $fileName) {
+            if ('' === $result) {
+                throw new TransportException('"'.$this->fileUrl.'" appears broken, and returned an empty 200 response');
+            }
+
             $errorMessage = '';
             set_error_handler(function ($code, $msg) use (&$errorMessage) {
                 if ($errorMessage) {