[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [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:  closed
     Priority:  major         |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code-network  |    Version:  1.5.0
   Resolution:  duplicate     |   Keywords:  usability
Launchpad Bug:                |
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Changes (by zooko):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => duplicate


Old description:

> 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!

New description:

 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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Comment:

 Superceded by #1988.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/854#comment:4>
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