Merge "Default hostip to "127.0.0.1" instead of exiting if hostname i…

…s not resolvable. One can provide the mapping from name to IP via configuration file or command line parameter" into R2.20
Juniper · Aug 7, 2015 · 43b418e · 43b418e
2 parents 3e40abc + 05d4651
commit 43b418e
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/src/control-node/options.cc b/src/control-node/options.cc
@@ -47,11 +47,8 @@ void Options::Initialize(EventManager &evm,
     string hostname = host_name(error);
     string host_ip = GetHostIp(evm.io_service(), hostname);
 
-    if (host_ip.empty()) {
-        cout << "Error! Cannot resolve host " << hostname <<
-                "to a valid IP address";
-        exit(-1);
-    }
+    if (host_ip.empty())
+        host_ip = "127.0.0.1";
 
     opt::options_description generic("Generic options");