From f83a50a7bfc43216e75d4fbf0155b06b47520d62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Thomas <dthomas@osrfoundation.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 10:28:00 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] allow different 127. addresses than 127.0.0.1 (fix #315)

---
 tools/rosgraph/src/rosgraph/network.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/rosgraph/src/rosgraph/network.py b/tools/rosgraph/src/rosgraph/network.py
index ee3ac6a88e..af69d2fc78 100644
--- a/tools/rosgraph/src/rosgraph/network.py
+++ b/tools/rosgraph/src/rosgraph/network.py
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ def get_bind_address(address=None):
         #localhost or 127/8
         if use_ipv6():
             return '::1'
+        elif address.startswith('127.'):
+            return address
         else:
             return '127.0.0.1' #loopback
     else: