[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#856259: Bug#856259: wpasupplicant: missing dependency on ifupdown
Andrew Shadura
andrew at shadura.me
Mon Feb 27 08:15:21 UTC 2017
Control: tags -1 moreinfo
On 27/02/17 04:33, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> package: wpasupplicant
> severity: serious
> justification: policy 3.5
> version: 2.5-2+v2.4-3, 2:2.4-1
>
> wpasupplicant relies on ifupdown, but there is no relationship to it
> declared in the packaging.
>
> For example, without ifupdown installed running these commands:
>
> # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwn0
> # wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c wpa.conf
>
> causes the wpa_supplicant process to hang using 100% CPU.
>
> Once ifupdown is installed, the exact same set of commands and same
> conf file, wpasupplicant correctly connects to my access point.
wpa_supplicant doesn't require ifupdown and doesn't use it in any way on
its own.
Please provide more logs or debug info.
--
Cheers,
Andrew
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