changeset:   93531:97ceab0bd6f8
branch:      3.4
parent:      93522:a08c3703f844
user:        Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
date:        Fri Nov 21 21:55:39 2014 +0200
files:       Lib/uuid.py
description:
Issue #17293: socket.gethostbyname() can raise an exception of FreeBSD.


diff -r a08c3703f844 -r 97ceab0bd6f8 Lib/uuid.py
--- a/Lib/uuid.py	Fri Nov 21 00:23:27 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py	Fri Nov 21 21:55:39 2014 +0200
@@ -361,7 +361,10 @@
 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 OSError:
+        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)