[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #854: what to do when you can't find any IP address for yourself

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#854: what to do when you can't find any IP address for yourself
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 Reporter:  zooko         |           Owner:           
     Type:  defect        |          Status:  new      
 Priority:  major         |       Milestone:  undecided
Component:  code-network  |         Version:  1.5.0    
 Keywords:                |   Launchpad_bug:           
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 In #853 a user on Windows had changed their PATH so that there was no
 {{{route.exe}}}. This causes Tahoe-LAFS 1.5.0-r1408 to emit an unhelpful
 error message and call {{{os.abort()}}}.  I've written a unit test to
 simulate this condition, but now I'm not sure what Tahoe-LAFS ''ought'' to
 do in this case:

 1.  Emit a help error message like "Hey you have no IP address" and then
 {{{os.abort()}}}
 2.  Go ahead and start up.  You don't necessarily need an IP address to
 operate as a Tahoe-LAFS client or server!

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Ticket URL: <http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/ticket/854>
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