On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Greg Troxel <g...@ir.bbn.com> wrote: > I think removing autodetection of IP address would be a significant > regression for people running storage nodes that might move.
Okay, thanks for the feedback. > I think it would be good to figure out what is the problem really. I don't > understand why this is so hard. The PATH issue makes me want to have > configure-time finding of the right programs, based on OS, and then to invoke > them with the configured path, period. That's what we currently do, except that it isn't at configure-time, but at run-time, and it tries only a specific path: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/trunk/src/allmydata/util/iputil.py?rev=08590b1f6a880d51751fdcacea6a007ebc568f2e#L160 alternate hosting of that same code, on github: https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs/blob/08590b1f6a880d51751fdcacea6a007ebc568f2e/src/allmydata/util/iputil.py#L160 > Is anyone having an issue on BSD? There, /sbin/ifconfig is quite stable. So > is the issue that various Linux flavors have withdrawn the > previously-standard interfaces? That is one of several problems. Here's the full set: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/query?status=!closed&keywords=~iputil > An alternative would be to have the introducer look at the address that > appears at it when the node connects, and use that to advertise, or perhaps > just send it down the wire so the client can decide. Good idea! I've updated a very old ticket (#50, opened 6 years ago) to suggest this instead of the "STUNT/ICE" thing that it formerly suggested: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/50# ask a peer to tell you what your IP address is (similar to STUNT/ICE) Regards, Zooko _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list tahoe-dev@tahoe-lafs.org https://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
