swallow python error for python version (#51)

DataDog · Jun 22, 2017 · f84edc5 · f84edc5
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commit f84edc5
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/pkg/gohai/platform/platform_common.go b/pkg/gohai/platform/platform_common.go
@@ -33,10 +33,13 @@ func getPlatformInfo() (platformInfo map[string]interface{}, err error) {
 	platformInfo, err = getArchInfo()
 
 	platformInfo["goV"] = strings.Replace(runtime.Version(), "go", "", -1)
-	pythonV, err := getPythonVersion()
+	// If this errors, swallow the error.
+	// It will usually mean that Python is not on the PATH
+	// and we don't care about that.
+	pythonV, e := getPythonVersion()
 
 	// if there was no failure, add the python variables to the platformInfo
-	if err == nil {
+	if e == nil {
 		platformInfo["pythonV"] = pythonV
 	}