[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#513194: wpasupplicant: Please document wpa-* interface
Erik Saule
esaule at bmi.osu.edu
Wed Jul 6 05:00:55 UTC 2011
Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 0.6.10-2.1
Severity: normal
The wpa-* interface are still not documented in squeeze. I spent weeks
trying to provide a good configuration using wpa_supplicant manually
when I found by mistake the information online.
The existence of wpa-* interface are mentionned NOWHERE where we might
find some relevant information, despite I looked in many places:
ifconfig(8), ifup(8), interfaces(5), wpa_supplicant(8),
wpa_supplicant.conf(5) (which only provide exemples and no actuall
manual) or wireless(7).
The only place where we might find some information is in
wireless(8). I quote: "In Debian 3.0 (and later) you can configure
wireless LAN networking devices using the network configuration tool
ifupdown(8)."
However, there is no such thing as ifupdown(8) according to a search
in all stable packages [1]. The only place where we find some exemple
(and no actual documentation) is wpa_action(8), which is referenced
nowhere. How are we supposed to find this very useful feature of
wpa_supplicant?
I would suggest to have a fully featured documentation for
wpa_supplicant. At least, I believe wpa_supplicant man page should
explain it can be used transparently by /etc/network/interfaces and
point to wpa_action.
I can even write it if you do not have time to (but I am not so
knowledgeable about it).
[1] http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=ifupdown&mode=filename&suite=stable&arch=any
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on:
ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-4 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libnl1 1.1-6 library for dealing with netlink s
ii libpcsclite1 1.5.5-4 Middleware to access a smart card
ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-4squeeze1 SSL shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
wpasupplicant recommends no packages.
Versions of packages wpasupplicant suggests:
pn libengine-pkcs11-openssl <none> (no description available)
ii wpagui 0.6.10-2.1 graphical user interface for wpa_s
-- no debconf information
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