[Bug 486406] [NEW] integrate with NetworkManager

[Andrew Schulman]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: whereami

whereami 0.3.34-0.1, in Jaunty.

Steps to reproduce:
1.  Install NetworkManager and whereami.
2.  Use NetworkManager to bring up or reconfigure an interface.

What should happen:  whereami gets run, via /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-
hooks.d/whereami.

What does happen:  whereami doesn't run.

The problem it seems, is that when NetworkManager invokes dhclient, it
specifies its own custom dhclient script (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-
dhcp-client.action), which doesn't run the usual dhclient enter and exit
hook scripts.  It only runs the scripts in
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d.  This problem is described at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/293139
and http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6748706.

Since the bug against NetworkManager is tagged "wontfix", it seems that
the best solution for whereami will be to provide a NetworkManager
dispatch script, that calls whereami.  I haven't worked out the details
of this but it looks simple enough.  If I create one I'll post it here.

Thanks,
Andrew.

** Affects: whereami (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: dhclient

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