Python netifaces.interfaces() results in [Errno 22] Invalid argument

[HWiese1980]

bug

I'm trying to get ROS Indigo running in the Bash On Windows environment. It installed successfully but when I try to launch the roscore process it just exits with the error message

[Errno 22] Invalid argument

when trying to execute netifaces.interfaces().

I can reproduce this error easily by just calling netifaces.interfaces() from an ipython shell.

It might be related to #468

My Inside Preview Build Number is 14352.rs1_release.160522-1930

Screenshot of the error: https://i.imgur.com/JeKUO5w.png

[sunilmut]

@HWiese1980 - Thanks for reporting the issue. It looks like a dupe of #468, but if you would like to confirm, you can take a strace. NETLINK sockets are not yet implemented, but something we should be looking at once the Anniversary update is out. Also, thanks for trying out WSL!

[HWiese1980]

Alright, according to the strace it is in fact a dupe of #468. There's this syscall:

socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, 0)         = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)