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Bug#838552: wicd runs disconnect scripts between pre- and postconnect



also sprach Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org> [2016-09-22 10:56 +0200]:
> > Please note how first pre-/postdisconnect are run. Why is that? The
> > cable had long before been disconnected, so while this is not a big
> > deal, it seems wrong.
> 
> Well, I'd call it debatable. I also see reasons for this behaviour.

The pre-/postdisconnect scripts should be called upon disconnection,
which was yesterday. And they were called. Now they were called
*again* upon connection, and I find it hard to find a rationale for
this to be debatable. ;)

> > What's worse though is that the pre-/postdisconnect scripts are run
> > *again* after preconnect and before postconnect, which can break
> > some applications, e.g. enabled ipv6 autoconf in preconnect and
> > turning it off in postdisconnect.
> 
> Thanks for this very precise bug report. The latter behaviour indeed
> sounds wrong and may explain some other reported or seen issues. Will
> have a look at it.

Thank you!

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