what is the proper way to ensure identity service is running?

diff --git a/src/social/social_api.c b/src/social/social_api.c
index e0e6829d5f29e57faa010b1d7771a2f179c74556..e590f7856b8a169948225e0f66bd918c34fc442b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/social/social_api.c
+++ b/src/social/social_api.c
@@ -957,6 +957,8 @@ app_recv_place (void *cls,
     ego = GNUNET_CONTAINER_multihashmap_get (app->egos, &ego_pub_hash);
   if (NULL == ego)
   {
+    GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_ERROR,
+              "Failure to obtain ego. Is identity service running?\n");
     GNUNET_break (0);
     return;
   }