[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#428302: Bug#428302: when using wpa-bridge in /etc/network/interfaces, interface should be added to bridge

[Kel Modderman]

tags 428302 - patch
tags 428302 wontfix
thanks

Hi Elmar,

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:50:50 am Elmar Hoffmann wrote:
> When using wpa-bridge in /etc/network/interfaces, the interface should
> be added to the bridge before wpa_supplicant is started.
> Relying on the bridge to be configured via /etc/network/interfaces
> soon enough after the wireless interface(s) and being forced to ifdown
> and ifup the whole bridge (eventually including the wired interface
> over which you ssh'ed in...) does not seem right and is quite
> inflexible.

This is the design of ifupdown. wpasupplicant package should not try to do the 
job of bridge-utils ifupdown hook. If the relationship between the two hooks 
is not flexible then I see no point in assimilating partial operation of one 
script into another. Bigger changes are required in this case.

>
> The attached patch fixes this.

Nack.

Thanks, Kel.