Debian Bug report logs - #793431
wicd: ability to use options with static DNS

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Package: wicd-daemon; Maintainer for wicd-daemon is Debian WICD Packaging Team <[email protected]>; Source for wicd-daemon is src:wicd (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>

Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:03:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version wicd/1.7.2.4-4.1

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Report forwarded to [email protected], David Paleino <[email protected]>:
Bug#793431; Package wicd. (Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:03:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to David Paleino <[email protected]>. (Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:03:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: wicd: ability to use options with static DNS
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 02:00:47 +0200
Package: wicd
Version: 1.7.2.4-4.1+local1
Severity: wishlist

One should be able to use options with static DNS, e.g. to have
a /etc/resolv.conf that looks like:

options use-vc
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.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-daemon             1.7.2.4-4.1+local1
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]  1.7.2.4-4.1+local1

wicd recommends no packages.

wicd suggests no packages.

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    1.7.2.4-4.1+local1

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

Versions of packages wicd-daemon depends on:
ii  adduser          3.113+nmu3
ii  dbus             1.8.20-1
ii  debconf          1.5.57
ii  ethtool          1:3.16-1
ii  iputils-ping     3:20121221-5+b2
ii  isc-dhcp-client  4.3.2-1
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   3.16.2-1
ii  python-wicd      1.7.2.4-4.1+local1
pn  python:any       <none>
ii  wireless-tools   30~pre9-8
ii  wpasupplicant    2.3-2

Versions of packages wicd-daemon recommends:
ii  rfkill                  0.5-1
ii  wicd-gtk [wicd-client]  1.7.2.4-4.1+local1

Versions of packages wicd-daemon suggests:
pn  pm-utils  <none>

Versions of packages python-wicd depends on:
ii  python  2.7.9-1

-- debconf information:
* wicd/users:



Information forwarded to [email protected], David Paleino <[email protected]>:
Bug#793431; Package wicd. (Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to David Paleino <[email protected]>. (Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: wicd: ability to use options with static DNS
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:56:04 +0200
Control: reassign -1 wicd-daemon
Control: found -1 1.7.2.4-4.1

On 2015-07-24 02:00:47 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> One should be able to use options with static DNS, e.g. to have
> a /etc/resolv.conf that looks like:
> 
> options use-vc
> nameserver 8.8.8.8
> nameserver 8.8.4.4

The feature should be first added to the daemon (according to the
wicd-wireless-settings.conf(5) man page, this is not possible yet),
then to the UI.

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Bug reassigned from package 'wicd' to 'wicd-daemon'. Request was from Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


No longer marked as found in versions 1.7.2.4-4.1+local1. Request was from Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:57:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Marked as found in versions wicd/1.7.2.4-4.1. Request was from Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:57:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Reply sent to Debian FTP Masters <[email protected]>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:27:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:27:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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Subject: Bug#968033: Removed package(s) from unstable
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:20:20 +0000
Version: 1.7.4+tb2-6+rm

Dear submitter,

as the package wicd has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/968033

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.

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Bug reopened Request was from Axel Beckert <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:52:29 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


No longer marked as fixed in versions 1.7.4+tb2-6+rm. Request was from Axel Beckert <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:52:29 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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