convert assertion to run-time check.

diff --git a/src/main/xlat.c b/src/main/xlat.c
index 3fec469a7d96edcdf2bf1e059fab8374119add8d..59fb6b9ff6dd68fc3fade1eb95d2eb31c0396dcb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/main/xlat.c
+++ b/src/main/xlat.c
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ static ssize_t xlat_tokenize_request(REQUEST *request, char const *fmt, xlat_exp
        if (slen < 0) {
                talloc_free(tokens);
 
-               rad_assert(error != NULL);
+               if (!error) error = "Unknown error";
 
                REMARKER(fmt, -slen, error);
                return slen;