[zeromq-dev] ZMQ Crash from unknown DNS name

[Pieter Hintjens]

Joshua,

> I am trying to setup a service with ZeroMQ that subscribes to a TCP
> endpoint that doesn't exist when the computer starts up. I am using the
> computer name as I don't know what the DHCP address will be. ZMQ crashes
> with the following assertion: Assertion failed: rc == 0
> (..\..\..\src\zmq_connecter.cpp:46)
>
> Is this supposed to happen?

Nope, and you should probably log an issue, with a minimal program
that reproduces the crash.  ZeroMQ used to use assertions to handle
user errors, but this policy has changed, it should assert only on
internal errors.

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Pieter Hintjens
iMatix