severity 513151 important thanks Eckhart Wörner wrote: > Package: network-manager > Version: 0.7.0-1 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 3.5 > > > Without dnsmasq-base installed, nm-applet fails silently in creating an > ad-hoc network. > NetworkManager outputs the following messages: > .... > <WARN> start_sharing(): (eth1/eth1): failed to start dnsmasq: Could not find > dnsmasq binary. > .... > <WARN> nm_device_activate_stage5_ip_config_commit(): Activation (eth1) Stage > 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) start sharing failed. > .... > > With dnsmasqbase installed, everything seems to work fine. > Note that the missing dependency on dnsmasq-base is only a guess.
Hi Eckhart, you are right, for creating ad-hoc networks you need dnsmasq-base installed. I'm a bit uncertain though to make dnsmasq-base a hard dependency, as most users will probably never create an ad-hoc network, thus if it would be better to make dnsmasq-base a Recommends, to leave the choice to the user (just as policykit and avahi-autoipd are currently suggests and recommends). What would you prefer? FWIW, I downgraded to important, as I think that the package works just fine for the vast majority of users without problems). Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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