[pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#854423: Does not work on IPv6-only networks

[Steve McIntyre]

Package: wicd
Version: 1.7.4+tb2-2
Severity: important
Tags: upstream ipv6

Hi,

I found this over the weekend at FOSDEM. Their default wifi network is
v6 only, with no v4 config at all. This would be fine for me (all the
services I need are functional on v6), but wicd does not work on such
a network.

I've dug into this, and I can see why. If DHCP doesn't return a v4
lease on a connection attempt (dhcp_failed), it aborts the
connection. I've started to hack on this a little bit over the weekend
to see if there's an easy fix (if no v4 lease acquired, check to see
if a global v6 address has been assigned), but I ran out of time to
test this properly.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.7
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages wicd depends on:
ii  wicd-cli [wicd-client]     1.7.4+tb2-2
ii  wicd-curses [wicd-client]  1.7.4+tb2-2
ii  wicd-daemon                1.7.4+tb2-2
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]     1.7.4+tb2-2

wicd recommends no packages.

wicd suggests no packages.

Versions of packages wicd-cli depends on:
pn  python:any   <none>
ii  wicd-daemon  1.7.4+tb2-2

Versions of packages wicd-cli recommends:
ii  sudo  1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3

Versions of packages wicd-gtk depends on:
ii  python-glade2  2.24.0-4
ii  python-gtk2    2.24.0-4
pn  python:any     <none>
ii  wicd-daemon    1.7.4+tb2-2

Versions of packages wicd-gtk recommends:
ii  gksu           2.0.2-9
ii  python-notify  0.1.1-4

Versions of packages wicd-curses depends on:
ii  python-urwid  1.2.1-2+b1
pn  python:any    <none>
ii  wicd-daemon   1.7.4+tb2-2

Versions of packages wicd-curses recommends:
ii  sudo  1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3

Versions of packages wicd-daemon depends on:
ii  adduser          3.113+nmu3
ii  dbus             1.8.22-0+deb8u1
ii  debconf          1.5.56
ii  ethtool          1:3.16-1
ii  iproute2         3.16.0-2
ii  iputils-ping     3:20121221-5+b2
ii  isc-dhcp-client  4.3.1-6+deb8u2
ii  lsb-base         4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii  net-tools        1.60-26+b1
ii  psmisc           22.21-2
ii  python-dbus      1.2.0-2+b3
ii  python-gobject   3.14.0-1
ii  python-wicd      1.7.4+tb2-2
pn  python:any       <none>
ii  wireless-tools   30~pre9-8
ii  wpasupplicant    2.3-1+deb8u4

Versions of packages wicd-daemon recommends:
ii  rfkill                     0.5-1
ii  wicd-cli [wicd-client]     1.7.4+tb2-2
ii  wicd-curses [wicd-client]  1.7.4+tb2-2
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]     1.7.4+tb2-2

Versions of packages wicd-daemon suggests:
ii  pm-utils  1.4.1-15

Versions of packages python-wicd depends on:
pn  python:any  <none>

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