Bug#361586: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#361586: wpasupplicant: Variable
VERBOSITY missing in ifupdown script
Kel Modderman
kelrin at tpg.com.au
Mon Jul 3 12:31:45 UTC 2006
Daniel Huhardeaux wrote:
> Kel Modderman wrote:
>> Daniel Huhardeaux wrote:
>>> Kel Modderman wrote:
>>>> daniel huhardeaux wrote:
>>>>> Package: wpasupplicant
>>>>> Version: 0.4.8-2
>>>>> Severity: minor
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In the ifupdown script the VERBOSITY variable is not initialized.
>>>>> A good feature would be to have a wpa-verbosity
>>>>> (0,no=default/1,yes) in
>>>>> interfaces file to play with.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What is wrong with ifup --verbose ?
>>>>
>>>> The --verbose option of ifupdown is what initialises VERBOSITY.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to close this bug unless you do not agree with me.
>>> I was mainly thinking about the verbose mode when ifup is running in
>>> auto. Anyway, if this is the only mode for which it should work, ok
>>> for closing the bug.
>>
>> The embedded VERBOSITY echo's were designed to debug interfaces
>> stanza'a, nothing more.
>>
>> Are you thinking of something like verbose logging to syslog of the
>> running wpa_supplicant daemon or so?
> syslog or dmesg. Something like "wpa-verbose yes" in interfaces file
> would allow to log in verbosity mode
>
Hi Daniel,
After going through some of these old discussions, I discovered that I
completely misunderstood this request. I will add a "wpa-verbosity"
switch to the script, when set to anything (ie, wpa-verbosity 1 or
wpa-verbosity foo), wpa_supplicant's ifupdown hook will spit out lots of
messages.
Thanks, Kel.
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