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vmbuilder python error backtrace
root@arbon ~/vm # vmbuilder kvm ubuntu
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 24, in <module>
cli.main()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line 142, in main
hypervisor, distro = self.handle_args(optparser, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line 292, in handle_args
distro = VMBuilder.get_distro(args[1])()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 75, in __init__
super(Distro, self).__init__()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 31, in __init__
self.plugins = [plugin_class(self) for plugin_class in self.plugin_classes]
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/__init__.py", line 46, in __init__
self.register_options()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/network/__init__.py", line 70, in register_options
domainname = '.'.join(socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.gethostname())[0].split('.')[1:]) or "defaultdomain"
socket.gaierror: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
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lukego commented Sep 28, 2012

I'd meant to rant about how bad this error message is. but actually it's pretty good :)

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