Bug#361586: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#361586: wpasupplicant: Variable VERBOSITY missing in ifupdown script

[Kel Modderman]

Daniel Huhardeaux wrote:
> Kel Modderman wrote:
>> Daniel Huhardeaux wrote:
>>> Kel Modderman wrote:
>>>> daniel huhardeaux wrote:
>>>>> Package: wpasupplicant
>>>>> Version: 0.4.8-2
>>>>> Severity: minor
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In the ifupdown script the VERBOSITY variable is not initialized.
>>>>> A good feature would be to have a wpa-verbosity 
>>>>> (0,no=default/1,yes) in
>>>>> interfaces file to play with.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>
>>>> What is wrong with ifup --verbose ?
>>>>
>>>> The --verbose option of ifupdown is what initialises VERBOSITY.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to close this bug unless you do not agree with me.
>>> I was mainly thinking about the verbose mode when ifup is running in 
>>> auto. Anyway, if this is the only mode for which it should work, ok 
>>> for closing the bug.
>>
>> The embedded VERBOSITY echo's were designed to debug interfaces 
>> stanza'a, nothing more.
>>
>> Are you thinking of something like verbose logging to syslog of the 
>> running wpa_supplicant daemon or so? 
> syslog or dmesg. Something like "wpa-verbose yes" in interfaces file 
> would allow to log in verbosity mode
>

Hi Daniel,

After going through some of these old discussions, I discovered that I 
completely misunderstood this request. I will add a "wpa-verbosity" 
switch to the script, when set to anything (ie, wpa-verbosity 1 or 
wpa-verbosity foo), wpa_supplicant's ifupdown hook will spit out lots of 
messages.

Thanks, Kel.