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The justification for the extra 'ifconfig' call in wireless-tools does
not apply in jaunty, so I've reverted that change for Ubuntu 9.04.
Changelog follows:
wireless-tools (29-1.1ubuntu2) jaunty; urgency=low
* Revert change to bring up the interface before changing wireless
settings; the softmac driver this was implemented for is now
obsolete, no other drivers are reported to need it, and it
introduces other problems such as breaking PPP interfaces
(LP: #268519) and preventing configuration of some settings such as
hardware addresses (LP: #219520).
Unfortunately, the justification for this change *does* apply to Ubuntu
8.04, so simply reverting the patch is inappropriate for an SRU as it
would cause regressions for anyone using wireless with the softmac
driver.
For Ubuntu 8.10, wireless-tools is no longer a dependency of ubuntu-
minimal, which mitigates the severity of this problem for any server
users running Ubuntu 8.10. But changing the dependencies of ubuntu-
minimal is also not a fix that I think would be appropriate for
inclusion in an Ubuntu 8.04 SRU.
So I don't have any good suggestions on how to resolve this for Ubuntu
8.04 LTS, but given the significant impact it's reported to have for
server users in certain configurations, I'm accepting the hardy
nomination for the bug for further consideration.
** Changed in: wireless-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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'SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address' when setting up ip alias
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123773
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