Index: /source/ariba/overlay/BaseOverlay.cpp
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--- /source/ariba/overlay/BaseOverlay.cpp	(revision 6938)
+++ /source/ariba/overlay/BaseOverlay.cpp	(revision 6939)
@@ -1127,6 +1127,8 @@
 
 	// return own end-point descriptor
-	if( node == nodeId || node == NodeID::UNSPECIFIED )
+	if( node == nodeId || node.isUnspecified() ) {
+		logging_info("getEndpointDescriptor: returning self.");
 		return bc->getEndpointDescriptor();
+	}
 
 	// no joined and request remote descriptor? -> fail!
