[pkg-fso-maint] Bug#520902: wicd: breaks non-wireless configured interfaces when installed

[David Paleino]

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:53:48 +0100, gregor herrmann wrote:

> In general I think tools for handling network connections should not
> try to auto-start after installation and without being configured and
> being told to take over the network management; the danger of
> breaking existing connections is much too high IMO.

Agreed.
In fact, IIRC, I had some similar problem with wicd... uhm.

$ svn annotate default 
  2142 hanska-guest # Don't start the daemon by default, let the user set it.
  2142 hanska-guest # Use "yes" (without quotes) to make /etc/init.d/wicd start
the WICD daemon.
  2143       bzed START_DAEMON=yes
$ svn log -r2143
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r2143 | bzed | 2009-01-02 17:15:19 +0100(ven, 02 gen 2009) | 4 lines

  - allow to disable the daemon in /etc/default/wicd.
* debian/rules:
  - run dh_pysupport before dh_installinit, so Python modules will be
    compiled before the daemon starts (Closes: #510457)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$

Whoa. And he put that "allow to disable the daemon" under _my_ section!
(1.5.7-2).

I can't really recall what the problem was with disabling it on installation, I
just remember it double-starting. I'll check whether bzed remembers.

Ciao,
David

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