user release.debian.org@packages.debian.org usertag 606268 squeeze-can-defer tag 606268 squeeze-ignore kthxbye On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 22:51:41 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > On 13.01.2011 22:22, Matthew Palmer wrote: > > [Summary: NetworkManager doesn't properly transition away from > > /etc/network/interfaces-configured wireless interfaces to using it's own > > internal configuration database, causing them to not come up at all] > > > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:30:40PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: > >> Imho, the cleanest solution here would be, if d-i simply wouldn't write out any > >> configuration (dhcp/wireless) if network-manager is installed (through the > >> desktop task). > >> > >> CCing the d-i team, to know if that would be feasible. > > > > No, this is not feasible at this stage of the release. The package that > > detects and configures the network (netcfg) runs long, *LONG* before any > > packages or tasks are chosen. Now, in theory, we could defer writing out > > /e/n/interfaces until the end of the install (probably by extending > > finish-install), but that would be complicated and prone to bugs, which > > means isn't going to happen for squeeze anyway (d-i rc1 was just released; > > nothing but showstopper bugs *in* *d-i* are going to get fixed now). > > Ok, then I guess we need to tag this bug as squeeze-ignore, unless someone comes > up with a better idea. > Yeah I'm not seeing a way out of this in time for the release. :( It'd be good to come to an agreement over the way forward for post-squeeze though between nm/wicd-type packages and the installer and ifupdown on how to handle network interface configuration. Cheers, Julien
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