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!
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.
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