id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
854	what to do when you can't find any IP address for yourself	zooko		"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!"	defect	closed	major	undecided	code-network	1.5.0	duplicate	usability iputil transparency