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Bug 479590 - net-misc/wicd - please add CONFIG_CHECK="~CFG80211_WEXT"
Summary: net-misc/wicd - please add CONFIG_CHECK="~CFG80211_WEXT"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Thomas Kahle (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2013-08-03 03:51 UTC by Ben Kohler
Modified: 2013-08-03 04:48 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
wicd-1.7.2.4-r3.ebuild.patch (file_479590.txt,658 bytes, patch)
2013-08-03 04:00 UTC, Alex Xu (Hello71)
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Description Ben Kohler gentoo-dev 2013-08-03 03:51:35 UTC
net-misc/wicd still requires wireless extensions support in the kernel to function properly.  We're seeing a lot of support requests lately since this option is now default-off (in both kernel.org's config, and genkernel's config).  A warning about this missing config option would be very helpful. 

Thanks!
Comment 1 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2013-08-03 04:00:11 UTC
Created attachment 354988 [details, diff]
wicd-1.7.2.4-r3.ebuild.patch

Because I was bored, here's a 2-line patch that I didn't bother testing.

Guaranteed to contain at least 1 bug, probably more.
Comment 2 Thomas Kahle (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-08-03 04:48:44 UTC
Fixed directly in -r3, thanks.

+  03 Aug 2013; Thomas Kahle <tomka@gentoo.org> wicd-1.7.2.4-r3.ebuild:
+  add warning about missing wireless extensions (bug 479590), remove nonworking
+  translations