From af8a1de720d5f758a937e5362bebfb15edc21009 2013-09-30 18:14:34
From: MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-09-30 18:14:34
Subject: [PATCH] limit random ports to positive values
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diff --git a/IPython/html/notebookapp.py b/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
index e5d2298..7f8f390 100644
--- a/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
+++ b/IPython/html/notebookapp.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def random_ports(port, n):
     for i in range(min(5, n)):
         yield port + i
     for i in range(n-5):
-        yield port + random.randint(-2*n, 2*n)
+        yield max(1, port + random.randint(-2*n, 2*n))
 
 def load_handlers(name):
     """Load the (URL pattern, handler) tuples for each component."""