[pkg-wpa-devel] Re: Bug#359814: wpasuppplicant fails for lo

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 03:51:14PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> > If you spot other issues, please tell us, we are considering to upload this
> > integration to unstable soon.
> 
> /etc/default/wpasupplicant is missing (don't know if that's
> intentional). /etc/wpasupplicant.conf was not migrated to
> /etc/wpasupplicant/wpasupplicant.conf. Instead I have two files now.
> Rather confusing since I don't know which of those two files I have to
> edit. Simply move /etc/wpasupplicant.conf to the new location and if you
> want to keep backwards compatibility, make a symlink.

Yes, we are currently working on sane upgrade paths and documentation
for that.

Regarding /etc/default/wpasupplicant: Please read README.modes, the init
script has gone now, and so did /etc/default/wpasupplicant.

Regarding your configuration: I would suggest that you keep your local
configuration in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpasupplicant.conf.local, and let
/etc/network/interfaces point to that. This way the package won't
interfere with your local configuration anymore.

The file /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf is a simple example,
which connects to all open APs. Since we don't use this file isn't used
by default, I'd suggest moving it to
/usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/examples. Kel, Kyle, Daniel, do you agree with
this suggestion? 

Gruesse,
	Reinhard