From f2956c257b7f0066f43946e30f246e642e75fd6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Warner Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 18:21:42 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] util.iputil: try to survive not having a global network connection at all --- src/allmydata/util/iputil.py | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/allmydata/util/iputil.py b/src/allmydata/util/iputil.py index 9b87b1c0..bfa5b5f9 100644 --- a/src/allmydata/util/iputil.py +++ b/src/allmydata/util/iputil.py @@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ def get_local_ip_for(target='A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET'): Returns a string that holds the IP address which could be used by 'target' to connect to us. It might work for them, it might not. """ - target_ipaddr = socket.gethostbyname(target) + try: + target_ipaddr = socket.gethostbyname(target) + except socket.gaierror: + return "127.0.0.1" udpprot = DatagramProtocol() port = reactor.listenUDP(0, udpprot) udpprot.transport.connect(target_ipaddr, 7) -- 2.45.2