Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: wifi-radar
I am unable to repro this, but it happened to me and the guy in bug
#93495.
Occasionally /etc/wifi-radar.conf will get overwritten by an empty file.
When this happens, you are no longer able to run wifi-radar; you get a
cryptic Python error message (at first I thought oh no, another
Python2.3 -> 2.4 transition bug):
vnix$ sudo -i
vnix# wifi-radar
dhclient3 --version 2>&1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/wifi-radar", line 1414, in ?
auto_profile_order = auto_profile_order.split( ',' )
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'split'
Contrary to what the documentation says, wifi-radar doesn't seem to be
able to cope without this file, so removing the empty file doesn't help,
either.
So at minimum:
o The documentation should not lie about this
o The error message should indicate the actual error, i.e. the program
should detect when the file is empty and abort with a sensible error message
Longer-term wishlist:
o Actually create the file if it's missing; revert the change to the manual
I proposed above
** Affects: wifi-radar (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Zaps /etc/wifi-radar.conf occasionally
https://launchpad.net/bugs/97333
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