--- /dev/null
+--- urlgrabber-3.9.1/urlgrabber/grabber.py~ 2010-02-04 00:34:13.394410346 +0200
++++ urlgrabber-3.9.1/urlgrabber/grabber.py 2010-02-04 00:34:15.851263468 +0200
+@@ -1624,8 +1624,14 @@
+ urllib.addinfourl, via. urllib.URLopener.* """
+ return self.url
+
+-_curl_cache = pycurl.Curl() # make one and reuse it over and over and over
+-
++try:
++ _curl_cache = pycurl.Curl() # make one and reuse it over and over and over
++except pycurl.error, e:
++ # in pld builders /etc/resolv.conf is not readable and curl throws an error
++ if str(e) == 'initializing curl failed':
++ print e
++ else:
++ raise
+
+ #####################################################################
+ # DEPRECATED FUNCTIONS