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

[Axel Beckert]

Control: severity -1 important

Hi Steve,

sorry, botched the severity you've set with my merging the other day.

Steve McIntyre wrote:
> I've tried this now. It's slightly problematic, as wicd tries to ping
> the gateway it's given to validate connectivity.

That may be optional. In wicd-curses, go to "P" for "Preferences",
then 2x "→" to "Advanced Settings", then uncheck "Ping static gateways
after connecting to verify association". (I though fear that this
setting only affects statically configured network connections. Not
sure, though.)

OTOH, in a pure IPv6 setting, this should probably cause to ping the
IPv6 gateway, too. (I though consider that optional for now, so if
someone comes up with a patch without pinging the IPv6 gateway, I'd be
fine.)

> By using the local v4 address as the gateway too, that defeats this
> check. Then wicd keeps the network interface up.

*nod*

		Regards, Axel
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