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Bug#720098: debian-installer: Cannot connect to wifi SSID containing comma.



Hello,

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
> Russell Haley <bogons@tamu.edu> (2013-08-18):
>> Package: debian-installer
>> Severity: normal
>> Tags: d-i
>>
>> Dear Maintainer,
>>
>> When attempting to install Debian Jessie over wifi, my SSID, which contains a
>> comma, is shown as two seperate networks. I am unable to connect to either.

There is another bug report on a similar matter, see [1].

> Probably the netcfg package, wireless.c:
> | int netcfg_wireless_show_essids(struct debconfclient *client, struct netcfg_interface *interface)
> […]
> | /* Create list of available ESSIDs. */
> | for (network = network_list.result; network; network = network->next) {
> | if (!exists_in_network_list(network_list, network)) {
> | strcat(buffer, network->b.essid);
> | strcat(buffer, ", ");
> | }
> | }

Yes, that's the part that gets later substituted in the debconf template. I remember discussing this a while ago, but I don't remember any solution to the problem, any suggestions are welcomed.

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702702

Sorina


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