[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1918: iputil: finding IP addresses fails on kfreebsd

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#1918: iputil: finding IP addresses fails on kfreebsd
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     Reporter:  davidsarah    |      Owner:  davidsarah
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code-network  |    Version:  1.9.2
   Resolution:                |   Keywords:  iputil kfreebsd
Launchpad Bug:                |
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Comment (by zooko):

 Replying to [comment:2 davidsarah]:
 > We're far too picky about recognizing the operating system in order to
 decide which command to use to find IP addresses. In practice, we could
 just try a couple of common syntaxes that would work for all Unices that
 are currently supported, and be very likely to work for others. Then we'd
 only need to distinguish between Windows and everything else.

 That sounds like a reasonable approach, davidsarah. On the other hand, it
 feels kind of icky to be attempting to execute programs on every computer
 which aren't even part of that operating system. I used to have some code
 to do that sort of thing in Tahoe-LAFS and Brian pushed back on it.

 I guess I'm +0 on it, now.

 I mean, the current situation is that Tahoe-LAFS fails to start up on a
 new operating system until someone adds a 1-line patch like this one.
 Maybe that's okay for now?

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