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

[RjY]

Andrew Shadura wrote:
>By 'running' I meant running in terms of systemd, that is the unit is
>somehow started already. Why this matters: the user might have edited
>the unit file or written one of their own, which potentially uses a
>different configuration file from a different location. If we just
>mask it, the user may say, hey, why do you mess up with my config, I
>want it this way.

Fair enough, sorry for misunderstanding.

>Please have a look at the latest hostapd package version and let me
>know if that works for you.

It does. 2:2.6-10 installed fine for me. I removed any "systemctl mask"s
and "update-rc.d disable"s on hostapd.service beforehand, and it was
masked again as expected by postinst, without error.

Thank you very much, and sorry for the trouble.

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