Bug#365613: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#365613: wpasupplicant: Upgrading remote system makes it unmaintainable after reboot

[Kel Modderman]

Felix Homann wrote:
> Justification: breaks the whole system
>   

Please be a bit less dramatic with error descriptions/justifications ;-)

>
> I tried upgrading wpasupplicant from 0.4.7-4 to 0.4.8-4 on a remote system 
> that is connected to the network via a WPA connection using wpa_supplicant. 
> The system is a "server only" system: It does not have a video card or 
> keyboard but is maintained  via SSH.
>
> After upgrading everything seemed to work as usual until reboot. After reboot 
> the system could not connect to the network anymore and was therefore 
> unmaintainable.
>   

Need more info here please. How was wpasupplicant started on this system?

> Reason: /etc/wpa_suplicant.conf was renamed without warning.
>
> Solution: Don't rename /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf on upgrade.
>   

Okay, I can agree with this conclusion, somewhat. We are not supplying a 
wpa_supplicant.conf by default any more, but should we really rename a 
working, personally maintained conffile?

Kel.