[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#678335: wpa_supplicant.conf(5): please mention where the file is

[Frank Miles]

On Tue, 3 Jul 2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

> Hi Frank,
>
> Frank Miles wrote:
>
>> The piece that I was missing was specifying the wpa_supplicant.conf file in
>> /etc/network/interfaces.  While I'm sure that networking experts would
>> find this obvious, AFAICS neither the wpa_supplicant man pages, nor the
>> /etc/network/interfaces man page indicate this linkage.  Once I found how
>> to specify the wpa_supplicant.conf file in the /etc/network/interfaces file
>> it all made much more sense and I was able to make it work.
>
> Do you mean that the pages were missing information on how to use
>
> 	iface eth1 inet dhcp
> 		wpa-conf /path/to/wpa_supplicant.conf
>
> or how to use
>
> 	iface wlan0 inet static
> 		wpa-driver nl80211
> 		wpa-ssid HotSpot1
> 		wpa-bssid 00:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e
> 		...
>
> ?
>
>> Thanks for your concern!  (Someone else posted it as a 'bug'.)
>
> Yes, I am that person.  It is a bug when manpages do not make it clear
> how to use or configure a program.  Thanks for catching it.
>
> Regards,
> Jonathan

The first.  Thanks for all your work on Debian!

 	-Frank