From f928284fb779664f10c576c2ff699be0c33a9605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blake Harnden <32446120+bharnden@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 14:48:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] daemon: fixed emane setup to move binding check to after
 validating if emane is needed

---
 daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py b/daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py
index 5f35f4d9..4ffed725 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emane/emanemanager.py
@@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ class EmaneManager:
         :return: SUCCESS, NOT_NEEDED, NOT_READY in order to delay session
             instantiation
         """
-        # check if bindings were installed
-        if EventService is None:
-            raise CoreError("EMANE python bindings are not installed")
         logger.debug("emane setup")
         with self.session.nodes_lock:
             for node_id in self.session.nodes:
@@ -297,6 +294,9 @@ class EmaneManager:
             if not self._emane_nets:
                 logger.debug("no emane nodes in session")
                 return EmaneState.NOT_NEEDED
+        # check if bindings were installed
+        if EventService is None:
+            raise CoreError("EMANE python bindings are not installed")
         self.check_node_models()
         return EmaneState.SUCCESS