[pkg-wicd-maint] Bug#881225: Bug#881225: wicd-daemon: had to install net-tools manually to get wicd working

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Neels,

thanks for this bug report!

Neels Hofmeyr wrote:
> after upgrade to Debian 9 I installed wicd-gtk and saw wicd successfully
> connecting (ping worked for like two seconds) and then disconnecting again
> right away.
> 
> Looking at the logs I saw that it complained about 'ifconfig' not being
> available. Indeed net-tools was not installed on the system by default.

Yes, this seems to have fallen through when net-tools had its Priority
downgraded and hence no more guaranteed to be installed. :-/

> So either this is a dependency bug and net-tools should be an unconditional
> dependency of wicd-daemon,

For now, it's that.

Will upload a fix to Debian Unstable soon and will see that I get the
same fix afterwards to Stretch, too.

> or wicd somehow doesn't use ifconfig alternatvies
> even if those are installed and ifconfig is not.

That's more of a long-time and upstream solution and tracked in
https://bugs.debian.org/852333 and
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/wicd/+spec/support-ip-iw

		Regards, Axel
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