[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#856259: wpasupplicant: missing dependency on ifupdown

[Michael Gilbert]

package: wpasupplicant
severity: serious
justification: policy 3.5
version: 2.5-2+v2.4-3, 2:2.4-1

wpasupplicant relies on ifupdown, but there is no relationship to it
declared in the packaging.

For example, without ifupdown installed running these commands:

# ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwn0
# wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -c wpa.conf

causes the wpa_supplicant process to hang using 100% CPU.

Once ifupdown is installed, the exact same set of commands and same
conf file, wpasupplicant correctly connects to my access point.

Best wishes,
Mike