[jira] [Resolved] (COUCHDB-1512) Provide proper error if a hostname (and not an ip) is used for bind_address

["Robert Newson (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1512?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Robert Newson resolved COUCHDB-1512.
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       Resolution: Fixed
    Fix Version/s: 1.3
    
> Provide proper error if a hostname (and not an ip) is used for bind_address
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>                 Key: COUCHDB-1512
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1512
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Andrew Melo
>            Assignee: Dave Cottlehuber
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 1.3
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> Currently, couch throws an opaque error message and doesn't bind the tcp port, but the process doesn't die, so it's unclear what's happening. Preferably, couch should raise an informative error message and die if an invalid bind_address is passed

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