QPID-6571: remove socket.gethostbyname call

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/trunk@1683567 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/qpid/tools/src/py/qpid-route b/qpid/tools/src/py/qpid-route
index 423d40648f..4796103c0e 100755
--- a/qpid/tools/src/py/qpid-route
+++ b/qpid/tools/src/py/qpid-route
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 from optparse import OptionParser, OptionGroup, IndentedHelpFormatter
 import sys
-import socket
 import os
 import locale
 from qmf.console import Session, BrokerURL
@@ -521,11 +520,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
         return(-1)
 
     if nargs == 2:
-        try:
-            socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
-            localBroker = socket.gethostname()
-        except socket.gaierror:
-            localBroker = "localhost"
+        localBroker = "localhost"
     else:
         if config._srclocal:
             localBroker = args[3]