[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#387026: Can't make a wpasupplicant-ed device "auto" any more

[Reuben Thomas]

Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 0.5.4-5
Severity: normal

I have a stanza in my /etc/network/interfaces:

#auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
    pre-up modprobe ipw2100
    wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

# Default logical interface for wpa_action
iface default inet dhcp

If I uncomment the "auto" line, then something (I'm not sure what
exactly) goes wrong, and dhcp is never run; in the log I get:

########## 01:42:06  2006-09-10 ##########
IFACE=eth0 ACTION=CONNECTED
WPA_ID=1 WPA_ID_STR=
WPA_CTRL_DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
Using fallback logical interface: default
ifup eth0=default
/sbin/ifup: interface eth0 already configured
bssid=00:11:24:08:da:93
ssid=Apple Network 08da93
id=1
pairwise_cipher=CCMP
group_cipher=TKIP
key_mgmt=WPA2-PSK
wpa_state=COMPLETED

and the problem seems to be indicated by the "eth0 already configured"
line; when I remove the "auto" line, and do

sudo ifup eth0

this problem doesn't occur. However, it leaves me with the problem:
how do I bring up my wpa_action managed interface automatically?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-2       Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libreadline5                 5.1-7       GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8                  0.9.8b-2    SSL shared libraries

Versions of packages wpasupplicant recommends:
ii  dhcp3-client                  3.0.4-6    DHCP Client

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