[e-lang] CapTP bug: "search path must not be empty" when identified but not onTheAir

[Mark Miller]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Kevin Reid <kpreid at mac.com> wrote:
> ? introducer.newVatIdentity()
>  # value: <a KeyPair>
>
>  ? def [sr, tmo, sb] := identityMgr.makeKnown(40)
>  # problem: <MalformedURLException: Search path must not be empty>
>
>  I assume this ought to either succeed or fail nicely, and that the
>  reason it fails this way is because no search-path is available to
>  put into the SturdyRef yet.

Yes.


>  Perhaps SturdyRefs should not ever have search-path data for the
>  local vat? (<captp> would insert it into the generated URLs, though.)

SturdyRefs are usable, and passable-by-construction, without being
turned into URLs. Don't they need this search-path data for these
other uses?


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    --MarkM