[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#488078: wpasupplicant: exit 0 in ifupdown.sh keeps wpa_cli and wpa_supplicant running

Tino Keitel tino.keitel at tikei.de
Mon Jul 7 07:48:02 UTC 2008


On Sun, Jul 06, 2008 at 18:02:31 +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
> On Thursday 26 June 2008 16:40:38 Tino Keitel wrote:
> > Package: wpasupplicant
> > Version: 0.6.3-2
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > when I do ifdown wlan0, the processes wpa_cli and wpa_supplicant are not
> > killed. 
> 
> That is intended.
> 
> > A later ifup wlan0 doesn't work because wpa_supplicant doesn't seem 
> > to re-associate, at least not within 3 minutes.
> > 
> > With the attached patch both processes are killed and ifup wlan0 works as
> > intended.
> > 
> > I use the wpa-roam feature.
> 
> The patch break roaming.

OK, thanks.

But how is ifup/ifdown supposed to work then?

Regards,
Tino



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