From 0cdf7599a439bf0d46f355f9493dbcfbb6b1785c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 21:14:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] It's only an error not to have STATIC_ROOT available in
 production mode.  - Legacy-Id: 9957

---
 ietf/checks.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ietf/checks.py b/ietf/checks.py
index 9e651cbb2..d7c9a8c4a 100644
--- a/ietf/checks.py
+++ b/ietf/checks.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def check_cdn_directory_exists(app_configs, **kwargs):
        path will contain the datatracker release version.
     """
     errors = []
-    if not os.path.exists(settings.STATIC_ROOT):
+    if settings.SERVER_MODE == 'production' and not os.path.exists(settings.STATIC_ROOT):
         errors.append(checks.Error(
             "The static files directory has not been set up.",
             hint="Please run 'ietf/manage.py collectstatic'.",