From 8f841dc23370e7b4f5e456c624ef9ea2d6999e85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olivier Dony <odo@openerp.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:45:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [IMP] tools: added disclaimer on detect_ip_addr

bzr revid: odo@openerp.com-20100622154500-lsoxuy0cz1p05lrb
---
 bin/tools/misc.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/tools/misc.py b/bin/tools/misc.py
index 89f3f721f9d..43a283da2a4 100644
--- a/bin/tools/misc.py
+++ b/bin/tools/misc.py
@@ -1159,6 +1159,11 @@ def extract_zip_file(zip_file, outdirectory):
     zf.close()
 
 def detect_ip_addr():
+    """Try a very crude method to figure out a valid external
+       IP or hostname for the current machine. Don't rely on this
+       for binding to an interface, but it could be used as basis
+       for constructing a remote URL to the server.
+    """
     def _detect_ip_addr():
         from array import array
         import socket