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

[RjY]

I'm still observing this on upgrade from 2:2.4-1.1 to 2:2.6-8.

    rjy at vile /tmp % systemctl status hostapd
    ● hostapd.service - Advanced IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator
       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/hostapd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
       Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2017-11-28 09:17:50 GMT; 28min ago
	Tasks: 0 (limit: 4915)
       CGroup: /system.slice/hostapd.service

    Nov 28 09:17:50 vile systemd[1]: Starting Advanced IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator...
    Nov 28 09:17:50 vile hostapd[3728]: Configuration file:
    Nov 28 09:17:50 vile hostapd[3728]: Could not open configuration file '' for reading.
    Nov 28 09:17:50 vile hostapd[3728]: Failed to set up interface with
    Nov 28 09:17:50 vile hostapd[3728]: Failed to initialize interface
    Nov 28 09:17:50 vile systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
    Nov 28 09:17:50 vile systemd[1]: hostapd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
    Nov 28 09:17:50 vile systemd[1]: Failed to start Advanced IEEE 802.11 AP and IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticator.

As workaround I did "sudo update-rc.d hostapd disable" (Wasn't sure what
the systemctl equivalent is) then "sudo dpkg --configure hostapd"
unbroke dpkg. Apparently the call to "systemctl mask hostapd.service" in
postinst had no effect? (or was not performed)

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