FS#4876 - wireless initscripts are broken for essids with spaces

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Arthur Danskin (wiremore) - Monday, 26 June 2006, 18:34 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 06:31 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category System
Status Closed
Assigned To Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture not specified
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.2 Gimmick
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Trying /etc/rc.d/network restart with wlan_eth1="eth1 essid \"here are some spaces\"" in /etc/conf.d/wireless results in:

Error : unrecognised wireless request "are"

A solution is:

--- network.pacnew 2006-06-07 13:08:15.000000000 -0400
+++ network 2006-06-26 14:26:36.000000000 -0400
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
[ "`/sbin/ifconfig ${1} 2>/dev/null | grep UP`" ] && return 0
eval iwcfg="\$wlan_${1}"
if [ "$iwcfg" != "" ]; then
- /usr/sbin/iwconfig $iwcfg
+ sh -c "/usr/sbin/iwconfig $iwcfg"
/bin/sleep 2
fi
eval ifcfg="\$${1}"
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Wednesday, 28 June 2006, 17:27 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Added for next build, thanks

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