Re: lease.openlogging.org is unreachable

[Larry McVoy]

On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 10:12:10AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
> > The interesting thing is that the code already has a backup in it and I just
> > checked that code path and it works.
> > 
> > Has anyone else been shut down because of lease.openlogging.org being down
> > and if so what version of BK were you running please?
> 
> I believe I've reported this problem to you and support@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> several times.
> 
> There's something in BK that refuses to work when it can't contact
> lease.openlogging.org, regardless of whether you just renewed the lease
> or not.  This keeps biting me when I try to use BK disconnected from the
> internet (usually while travelling).

I suspect that your hostname changes when you disconnect.  Leases are 
issued on a per host basis.  If you make your hostname constant when
you unplug it should work.  If it doesn't, let us know.
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Larry McVoy                lm at bitmover.com           http://www.bitkeeper.com
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