FWIW, Ubuntu has been carrying the attached patch to wireless-tools since 2006 (i.e., the time of Matthew's bug report).
Matthew, do you know if this is still needed for softmac? There's been at least one bug report against wireless-tools in Ubuntu complaining that it breaks other ifupdown functionality (https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219520), so if it's safe to drop this diff now, I'd like for us to do that. I agree that conceptually, it's better to set all of the wireless variables before bringing up the interface. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** Attachment added: "wireless-tools-403983.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19636010/wireless-tools-403983.patch ** Changed in: wireless-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium Status: New => Confirmed -- /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools leaves the interface up, which breaks hwaddr setting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219520 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
