changeset:   93530:301d62ef5c0b
branch:      2.7
parent:      93527:c9b4dc1ab7ae
user:        Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
date:        Fri Nov 21 21:54:43 2014 +0200
files:       Lib/uuid.py
description:
Issue #17293: socket.gethostbyname() can raise an exception of FreeBSD.


diff -r c9b4dc1ab7ae -r 301d62ef5c0b Lib/uuid.py
--- a/Lib/uuid.py	Fri Nov 21 02:05:06 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py	Fri Nov 21 21:54:43 2014 +0200
@@ -345,7 +345,10 @@
 def _arp_getnode():
     """Get the hardware address on Unix by running arp."""
     import os, socket
-    ip_addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+    try:
+        ip_addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+    except EnvironmentError:
+        return None
 
     # Try getting the MAC addr from arp based on our IP address (Solaris).
     return _find_mac('arp', '-an', [ip_addr], lambda i: -1)