Index: openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/bgdelivery-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/bgdelivery-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -N -r1.6 -r1.7
--- openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/bgdelivery-procs.tcl	2 Dec 2006 19:07:01 -0000	1.6
+++ openacs-4/packages/xotcl-core/tcl/bgdelivery-procs.tcl	12 Dec 2006 19:09:26 -0000	1.7
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
   return
 }
 
-if {[catch {ns_conn contentsentlength}]} {
+# catch {ns_conn contentsentlength} alone does not work, since we do not have
+# a connection yet, and the bgdelivery won't be activated
+catch {ns_conn xxxxx} msg
+if {![string match *contentsentlength* $msg]} {
   ns_log notice "AOLserver is not patched for bgdelivery, NOT loading bgdelivery"
 
   ad_proc -public ad_returnfile_background {statuscode mime_type filename} {