retitle 768189 should not automatically change MAC (w/o user consent) thanks
On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 01:29:58PM -0600, nandhp wrote: > I upgraded to macchanger version 1.7.0-2 on Saturday, and it completely > broke my wifi. I believe this is due to the new feature, where it > automatic changes the MAC address every time I connect. The same happened to my wired connection. macchanger is great a tool, but automatically changing MAC address without user consent is puzzling at best, and could lead to unexpected breakages. I think macchanger should not do that by default and be installed out of the box with ENABLE_ON_POST_DOWN=no. If the maintainer feels strongly about making the package automatic change MACs, then there should be a DebConf prompt (but still defaulting to "no", IMHO). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . [email protected] . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Former Debian Project Leader . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club » -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
