[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#883659: wpasupplicant: 2:2.6-12 does not fallback to default interface config

[Julian Wollrath]

Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 2:2.6-12
Severity: important

Dear maintainer,

I have the following lines in my /etc/network/interfaces:
allow-hotplug wlp3s0
iface wlp3s0 inet manual
    wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa-roam.conf

# this line must always be here
iface default inet dhcp

In /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa-roam.conf I have a network with
id_str="foobar". Since "iface foobar" is not defined
in /etc/network/interfaces a fallback to dhcp should happen and hence I
do not have to explicitly enable dhcp for every network I connect to.
But with the new wpasupplicant in unstable this does not work anymore.

wpasupplicant from unstable (2:2.6-12): Logical iface is not set
correctly, not fallback to default and hence dhclient is not started:
wpa_action[30471]: WPA_IFACE=wlp3s0 WPA_ACTION=CONNECTED
wpa_action[30472]: WPA_ID=0 WPA_ID_STR=foobar WPA_CTRL_DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant
wpa_action[30477]: ifup wlp3s0=foobar

wpasupplicant from testing (2:2.4-1.1): Fallback to default as
expected, hence dhclient is started:
wpa_action[30806]: WPA_IFACE=wlp3s0 WPA_ACTION=CONNECTED
wpa_action[30807]: WPA_ID=0 WPA_ID_STR=foobar WPA_CTRL_DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant
wpa_action[30810]: network settings not defined for foobar in /etc/network/interfaces
wpa_action[30811]: ifup wlp3s0=default


Best regards,
Julian


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