FS#24628 - [wicd] removing net-tools causes wicd to crash

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by taylorchu (taylorchu) - Wednesday, 08 June 2011, 17:08 GMT
Last edited by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Sunday, 19 June 2011, 01:59 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Isenmann Daniel (ise)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 8
Private No

Details

Description:
after removing net-tools, wicd is no longer usable

Additional info:
* wicd 1.7
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
1. remove net-tools
2. reboot
3. start wicd
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Closed by  Eric Belanger (Snowman)
Sunday, 19 June 2011, 01:59 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  wicd 1.7.0-10
Comment by taylorchu (taylorchu) - Thursday, 09 June 2011, 01:10 GMT
can someone update to 1.7.1 as well?
Comment by Jason (Meyithi) - Thursday, 09 June 2011, 02:26 GMT
It seems wicd should have net-tools as a dependency.
Comment by Artem A Klevtsov (unikum) - Thursday, 09 June 2011, 19:47 GMT
Confirm this. Wicd not work without net-tools. x86-64.
Comment by ifaigios (ifaigios) - Sunday, 12 June 2011, 01:49 GMT
I confirm this too.
Comment by Artem A Klevtsov (unikum) - Sunday, 12 June 2011, 07:14 GMT
In the INSTALL file from source code writen:

Installation of Wicd should be done using your distribution package if one
exists. If not, the installation is relatively straightforward, but there
are a few dependencies:
1. python (>=2.4, <3.0)
2. pygtk (>=2.10)
2. dbus and its glib and python bindings
3. a dhcp client (dhclient, dhcpcd, and pump are supported)
4. wireless-tools (iwlist, iwconfig, etcetera)
5. net-tools (ip, route, etcetera)
6. a graphical sudo application (gksu, kdesu, and ktsuss are supported),
while optional, is strongly recommended
7. urwid (if you want to use the curses client - needs version >=0.9.8.3)
8. pm-utils (optional for suspend/resume integration)
Wicd supports using versions >=1.2.4 -- earlier versions may work just
fine, but they are completely unsupported here.
Comment by ifaigios (ifaigios) - Sunday, 12 June 2011, 12:35 GMT
I wonder if Wicd has any plans to switch to iproute2 in the future. I searched the web for any indication of it, but unfortunately didn't find anything related.

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