[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1988: don't stop the process if you can't execute "ifconfig" or "route.exe"

[Greg Troxel]

I think removing autodetection of IP address would be a significant
regression for people running storage nodes that might move.

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.

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  So is the issue that various Linux flavors have withdrawn the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?

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.