
Change version check code to throw exception if it can't contact the
remote pl_conf.

nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome,nmc-probe/emulab-nome