Let's explain why...

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/rabbit_mnesia.erl b/src/rabbit_mnesia.erl
index e5f83fd3..bd5ae117 100644
--- a/src/rabbit_mnesia.erl
+++ b/src/rabbit_mnesia.erl
@@ -645,6 +645,9 @@ prefer_result(E1, E2) -> case result_priority(E1) - result_priority(E2) of
                              _            -> E2
                          end.
 
+%% We prioritise like this since when we are in init_from_config/1 we
+%% only want to go into the special handling for {error, tables_not_present}
+%% if *all* nodes are in that state.
 result_priority({ok,    _})                  -> 99;
 result_priority({error, no_nodes_provided})  -> 0;
 result_priority({error, tables_not_present}) -> 1;