Package: ifupdown Version: 0.6.8 Severity: wishlist
Hi, ifupdown runs the scripts in the four directories /etc/network/if(up|pre-up|down|post-down).d/ Pretty good. I'd like to propose another one, /etc/pre-config.d which is run before the interface mapping (mapping command) is done. Maybe a /etc/post-config.d as well. Reason: I am using wpasupplicant and ifguessnet. There's a chicken-and-egg problem. wpasupplicant is not to be run permanently, since it consumes CPU and battery power. It furthermore requires to be run with different configuration files. Therefore wpasupplicant is usually started in the if-pre-up command (e.g. with the wpa_conf command). This means that wpasupplicant is to be started *after* the mapping of the interface. Since it is wpasupplicant's task to select one of possibly several available SSID networks, the mapping cannot depend on the results of wpasupplicant. On the other hand, ifguessnet supports that mapping based on the chosen SSID, which implies that wpasupplicant has done it's work before the mapping. A solution would be to write a mapping script which first starts wpasupplicant, waits for some time, and then execs ifguessnet, but I'd consider this as a hack. A solution would be to have scripts run before mapping (where things like wpasupplicant could be started). regards Hadmut -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-k7 Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages ifupdown depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.8 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.1-17 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii net-tools 1.60-17 The NET-3 networking toolkit ifupdown recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
