Re: [Condor-devel] BUG Report - condor_starter fails if DNS reverse lookup fails

[Derek Wright <wright@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

good one, folks. ;) thanks for the detailed investigation and
write-up.  i know all of the code you wandered through quite well, and
everything you said makes sense.

condor is *very* susceptible to DNS being down.  i wouldn't be
surprised if you found 10 other cases where something blew up that
shouldn't if DNS isn't working. :( so, it's a little daunting to try
to make condor resilient to DNS being down, but it's worth trying. ;)

time permitting i'll look more closely into your proposed solutions.
i think changing the Daemon object to return the addr when the Name is
still NULL might be ok, but i'd really have to think about that more
closely before i agreed that was The Right Thing(tm).  anyway, i'll
add this to my (overflowing) plate and get back to you ASAP.  are you
hoping for a fix for a specific release for a specific need, or do you
just want to see it fixed Soon(tm) to improve the overall stability
and robustness of condor?

thanks,
-d