Changing /etc/wsl.conf file breaks WSL configuration

[antontkv]

Hello. Thanks for this utility, it's really helpful.

I noticed a bug, that if you put any configuration in /etc/wsl.conf after this lines:

static_ip = 192.168.50.2
wsl_host = ubuntu
windows_host = windows

It won't be applied. So you need to make sure to put any other configuration above this lines. Maybe you could consider using any other file for configuration?

[wikiped]

Thank you for spotting and reporting this bug.

Just to clarify:

When you say:

It won't be applied

Do you mean that WSL itself ignores the settings you put there?

Would it be possible to illustrate the issue with an example of wsl.conf to reproduce the problem?

[antontkv]

Would it be possible to illustrate the issue with an example of wsl.conf to reproduce the problem?

Yes, sure. For example this config creates file /test on WSL boot.

[boot]
command="touch /test"

[network]
static_ip = 192.168.50.2
wsl_host = ubuntu
windows_host = windows

And this one doesn't:

[network]
static_ip = 192.168.50.2
wsl_host = ubuntu
windows_host = windows

[boot]
command="touch /test"

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If you delete or add some lines to the /etc/hosts file and use this config:

[network]
static_ip = 192.168.50.2
wsl_host = ubuntu
windows_host = windows
generateHosts = false

When you reboot WSL your changes to the /etc/hosts will be lost, because it's will be automatically generated. But this config will work fine:

[network]
generateHosts = false
static_ip = 192.168.50.2
wsl_host = ubuntu
windows_host = windows