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Bug 270224 - wpa_supplicant-9999 0.7.x from GIT
Summary: wpa_supplicant-9999 0.7.x from GIT
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED)
URL: http://w1.fi/
Whiteboard:
Keywords: EBUILD
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-05-17 17:52 UTC by Karl H
Modified: 2009-05-18 22:28 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments
wpa_supplicant-9999.ebuild (wpa_supplicant-9999.ebuild,7.25 KB, text/plain)
2009-05-17 17:53 UTC, Karl H
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Description Karl H 2009-05-17 17:52:00 UTC
This new ebuild pulls from GIT to get the upcoming 0.7.x release,  If you are using a 2.6.30-RC or wireless-testing kernel this may be required for you if you want  nl80211 configuration interface.

In your /etc/conf.d/net you may want to use wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dnl80211"
Comment 1 Karl H 2009-05-17 17:53:27 UTC
Created attachment 191572 [details]
wpa_supplicant-9999.ebuild
Comment 2 Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-05-18 07:09:09 UTC
The problem with a live ebuild is, that you cannot trust it to work.

It might compile fine to today, but be badly broken tomorrow, which is going to make it harder to find problems.

Anyway, I'll add it later, but it will be -* masked, and without any support, since it is impossible to say anything about the quality of the builds it produces.
Comment 3 Karl H 2009-05-18 07:25:28 UTC
Yes, agreed that a checkout from a git, svn, or cvs is a moving target and you can not guarantee that it will compile or work. 

Currently there are 150 other *9999.ebuild files in portage.  Having this ebuild available to people with the latest bleeding edge kernels would be nice.


Thanks. 
Comment 4 Bjarke Istrup Pedersen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-05-18 22:28:51 UTC
Fixed in CVS, should hit the tree within 1-2 hours.