From 525d5aeaaef40ad254da57a93b35a07ecb2bdb0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serhiy Storchaka Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:55:39 +0200 Subject: Issue #17293: socket.gethostbyname() can raise an exception of FreeBSD. --- Lib/uuid.py | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py index 8321013490..1061bffc43 100644 --- a/Lib/uuid.py +++ b/Lib/uuid.py @@ -361,7 +361,10 @@ def _ifconfig_getnode(): 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) -- cgit v1.2.1