[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#882740: hostapd installation error

[Stefan Pietsch]

Package: hostapd
Version: 2:2.6-7
Severity: normal


The installation of hostapd in Debian sid fails.


Preparing to unpack .../hostapd_2%3a2.6-7_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking hostapd (2:2.6-7) ...
Setting up hostapd (2:2.6-7) ...
Job for hostapd.service failed because the control process exited with
error code.
See "systemctl  status hostapd.service" and "journalctl  -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript hostapd, action "start" failed.
● hostapd.service - Advanced IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP
Authenticator
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/hostapd.service; disabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2017-11-26 12:22:12 CET;
4ms ago
  Process: 6579 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/hostapd -P /run/hostapd.pid -B
$DAEMON_OPTS ${DAEMON_CONF} (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Nov 26 12:22:12 lx270 systemd[1]: Starting Advanced IEEE 802.11 AP and
IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator...
Nov 26 12:22:12 lx270 hostapd[6579]: Configuration file:
Nov 26 12:22:12 lx270 hostapd[6579]: Could not open configuration file
'' for reading.
Nov 26 12:22:12 lx270 hostapd[6579]: Failed to set up interface with
Nov 26 12:22:12 lx270 hostapd[6579]: Failed to initialize interface
Nov 26 12:22:12 lx270 systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Control process
exited, code=exited status=1
Nov 26 12:22:12 lx270 systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.
Nov 26 12:22:12 lx270 systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced IEEE 802.11
AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator.
dpkg: error processing package hostapd (--configure):
 installed hostapd package post-installation script subprocess returned
error exit status 1
Processing triggers for systemd (235-3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-4) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 hostapd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)