[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#618277: PHASE mismatch in ifupdown script

[Kel Modderman]

Hi Tormod,

On Monday 14 March 2011 08:06:31 Tormod Volden wrote:
> Package: wpasupplicant
> Version: 0.7.3-1
> 
> Note that I don't use wpasupplicant so I can not test this, but I
> noticed it while studying various ifupdown script.

Can you explain what is actually wrong with the shell code I've been using for
a few years, which stops it from functioning as advertised?

I'm not going to be interested enough to consume time investigating a problem
based on a guess.

Thanks, Kel.


> 
> The /etc/wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh is linked in /etc/network/if-up.d
> so it will be run with PHASE=up and not "post-up". However the script
> checks for "post-up". Same goes for "pre-down".
> 
> --- /etc/wpa_supplicant/ifupdown.sh	2009-06-01 12:32:26.000000000 +0200
> +++ /tmp/ifupdown.sh	2011-03-13 23:01:35.000000000 +0100
> @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ case "$MODE" in
>  				init_wpa_supplicant	|| exit 1
>  				conf_wpa_supplicant 	|| { kill_wpa_supplicant; exit 1; }
>  				;;
> -			post-up)
> +			up)
>  				init_wpa_cli 		|| { kill_wpa_supplicant; exit 1; }
>  				;;
>  		esac
> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ case "$MODE" in
>  	stop)
>  		do_stop
>  		case "$PHASE" in
> -			pre-down)
> +			down)
>  				kill_wpa_cli
>  				;;
>  			post-down)
> 
> 
> 
>