Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:40:04 GMT From: Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/121821: [patch] wpa_supplicant.conf.5 - provide pointer to sample configuration file Message-ID: <200803182140.m2ILe446017411@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Sam Leffler <sam@freebsd.org>
To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>,
FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/121821: [patch] wpa_supplicant.conf.5 - provide pointer
to sample configuration file
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:18:52 -0700
John Baldwin wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 March 2008 05:03:29 am Edwin Groothuis wrote:
>
>>> Number: 121821
>>> Category: docs
>>> Synopsis: [patch] wpa_supplicant.conf.5 - provide pointer to sample
>>> configuration file Confidential: no
>>> Severity: non-critical
>>> Priority: low
>>> Responsible: freebsd-doc
>>> State: open
>>> Quarter:
>>> Keywords:
>>> Date-Required:
>>> Class: change-request
>>> Submitter-Id: current-users
>>> Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 18 09:10:01 UTC 2008
>>> Closed-Date:
>>> Last-Modified:
>>> Originator: Edwin Groothuis
>>> Release: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE i386
>>> Organization:
>>>
>> -
>>
>>
>>> Environment:
>>>
>> System: FreeBSD k7.mavetju 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 17
>> 22:11:52 EST 2008 edwin@k7.mavetju:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/SMP i386
>>
>>
>>> Description:
>>>
>> It took me a while to figure out how to properly use a WEP (silly
>> Nintendo DS doesn't know about WPA so I needed to reconfigure my
>> network) configuration. Once I had read through the wpa_supplicant.conf
>> in /usr/src/contrib/wpa_supplicant it was clear at once.
>>
>>
>>> How-To-Repeat:
>>> Fix:
>>>
>> Index: wpa_supplicant.conf.5
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file:
>> /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.5,v
>> retrieving revision 1.9
>> diff -u -r1.9 wpa_supplicant.conf.5
>> --- wpa_supplicant.conf.5 11 Jul 2007 16:04:08 -0000 1.9
>> +++ wpa_supplicant.conf.5 18 Mar 2008 08:59:02 -0000
>> @@ -518,6 +518,11 @@
>> wep_key0=42FEEDDEAFBABEDEAFBEEFAA55
>> }
>> .Ed
>> +.Pp
>> +More examples can be found in the supplied
>> +.Pa wpa_supplicant.conf
>> +in
>> +.Pa /usr/src/contrib/wpa_supplicant/ .
>> .Sh SEE ALSO
>> .Xr wpa_cli 8 ,
>> .Xr wpa_passphrase 8 ,
>>
>
> This should
> reference /usr/share/examples/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf instead
> since HEAD installs it there and /usr/src/ is not installed on all machines.
>
> BTW, it seems to me that wpa_supplicant.conf should just go
> in /usr/share/examples/etc/ since it lives in /etc and is only a single file
> rather than having its own subdirectory.
>
I believe there were other files that could go in examples and/or I
followed existing practice from another app. But feel free to change it.
Sam
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