Strange behaviour with interface name

[Matthias Ordner]

Hi Nicholas,

> A conf file called
> 
>       wireguard-se1gb1.conf
> 
> generates, via the wq-quick command, an interface named thusly (note the
> missing the initial 'w'):
> 
>       ireguard-se1gb1.conf [sic]

Interface name length on Linux is limited to 15 chars.
So this is most likely caused by this commit:
https://git.zx2c4.com/WireGuard/commit/?id=b4d5801a16f8619bc3a6111a2a6bd049abd149a3

Using shorter config file names avoids this "bug".

Best regards

Matthias

 
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