Bug 159807 – examples in /etc/conf.d/wireless.example need updated

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Michael Conrad 2007-01-02 21:50:34 UTC]

I'd report this 'trivial' except that I spent a decent amount of time digging through the init script source code to find the answer to it.

In /etc/conf.d/wireless.example, there are many references to 
  essid_MACADDRESS=some_essid
and
  key_MACADDRESS="a key string"
These do not work.

I have verified that the source code (in /lib/rcscripts/net/iwconfig.sh) is looking for variables of the form
  mac_essid_MACADDRESS
and
  mac_key_MACADDRESS.

I'm guessing the example didn't get updated.

[Comment 1 Michael Conrad 2007-01-02 21:58:21 UTC]

*** Bug 159810 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 2 Michael Conrad 2007-01-02 22:19:12 UTC]

Created attachment 105262 [details, diff]
Fix for 2 of the possible mistakes

This is a correction for the two mistakes I've verified- but the rest of the examples should probably be checked by someone who knows the script.

BTW, Loving the scripts! They're a heck of a lot more configurable and useful than the homebrew stuff I was using before.

[Comment 3 Roy Marples (RETIRED) 2007-01-03 03:19:57 UTC]

OK, thanks for the patch. Will be fixed in the next full baselayout release.

[Comment 4 Roy Marples (RETIRED) 2007-01-10 12:20:53 UTC]

This should be fixed in baselayout-1.13.0_alpha11. Re-open if you disagree.