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FS#9257 - wicd configuration file bug

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Matthew Bruenig (bruenig) - Friday, 18 January 2008, 20:54 GMT
Last edited by Varun Acharya (ganja_guru) - Friday, 08 February 2008, 11:38 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Varun Acharya (ganja_guru)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
The wicd package in extra has a configuration file located at /usr/lib/wicd/data/wired-settings.conf. This configuration file has a [DEFAULT] profile and then under it just has two brackets "[]" by default.

These two brackets cause parsing errors when you launch the wicd gui and have to be removed before the gui will ever come up. This problem might be upstream as well but the packager needs to remove those brackets before it is shipped.

Additional info:
* package version(s): 1.4.1-4
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce: Install 1.4.1-4 version of wicd and launch /usr/lib/wicd/gui.py
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Closed by  Varun Acharya (ganja_guru)
Friday, 08 February 2008, 11:38 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Aaron Griffin (phrakture) - Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 04:07 GMT
Poke poke. This bug report was left to idle, but seems like an easy fix? Varun?
Comment by Varun Acharya (ganja_guru) - Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 17:48 GMT
Apologies for the delay, just got back into town today. The wicd package doesn't ship with wired-settings.conf, it is created when you run wicd. I checked my wired-settings.conf and it seems fine to me, and no brackets "[]". Try pacman -R wicd,then removing any mention of wicd in your system (locate -i wicd) and then reinstalling with pacman -S wicd.

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