[Resolvconf-devel] Bug#773749: Resolvconf vs wicd

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Vincent,

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> and indeed, there is a backup file:
> 
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 2010-05-24 20:28:15 /var/lib/wicd/resolv.conf.orig

Yep, here, too.

> However it is completely obsolete. The above method is obviously
> broken: if ever wicd-daemon or the system crashes, or the machine
> switches off due to a power supply problem, then one ends up with
> an obsolete backup file, and the backup no longer works at all
> until this file is removed by the user (who probably doesn't know
> anything about this problem).

Indeed. But that's what resolvconf is for. If there is no resolvconf,
I think that method is ok. And you surely don't want a hard dependency
on resolvconf.

> > At least for a short moment the message "Modifying /etc/resolv.conf"
> > or similar was shown in wicd-curses' status line.
> 
> Are you sure that this comes from wicd?

Yes, it showed up in the status line of wicd-curses. But only for a
fracture of a second, so I wasn't able to copy and paste it and -- as
I wrote ("or similar") -- I'm not sure about the exact wording, just
about the meaning.

> The wicd source doesn't contain the word "Modifying".

Maybe it was "Writing", "Updating", "Creating" or such. Checking the
code, it probably was "print 'Setting DNS : ' + dns" from line 671 of
/usr/share/pyshared/wicd/wnettools.py.

		Regards, Axel
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