systemd unit dhcpcd.service fails to start:

dhcpcd.service: Failed to set up mount namespacing: /etc/wpa_supplicant:
No such file or directory
dhcpcd.service: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/sbin/dhcpcd: No
such file or directory

I don't need or want wpasupplicant on this machine. I suppose it should
not be a dependency. Perhaps this package could ship /etc/wpa_supplicant?

Meanwhile I just created that directory.

Thanks.

ma 18.8.2025 klo 13.27 Gedalya (gedalya@gedalya.net) kirjoitti:

We dropped the empty directory in 1:10.2.2-6 since we don't rely on
any particular wireless tool to implement wireless profiles.

Can you try deleting the empty directory and removing the path from
ReadWritePaths in the service unit, and see if it works?

Martin-Éric

ma 18.8.2025 klo 15.08 Gedalya (gedalya@gedalya.net) kirjoitti:

Thanks. We'll remove the path from the service unit then.

Martin-Éric

OK, I tried, it works of course.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dhcpcd, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1111467@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi> (supplier of updated dhcpcd package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:18:17 +0300
Source: dhcpcd
Architecture: source
Version: 1:10.2.4-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Changed-By: Martin-Éric Racine <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi>
Closes: 1111467
Changes:
 dhcpcd (1:10.2.4-4) unstable; urgency=medium
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