grep berlios *.ebuild bcm43xx-fwcutter-005.ebuild:HOMEPAGE="http://bcm43xx.berlios.de" bcm43xx-fwcutter-005.ebuild:SRC_URI="mirror://berlios/bcm43xx/${P}.tar.bz2" bcm43xx-fwcutter-006.ebuild:HOMEPAGE="http://bcm43xx.berlios.de" bcm43xx-fwcutter-006.ebuild:SRC_URI="mirror://berlios/bcm43xx/${P}.tar.bz2"
It seems that this package is superseeded by net-wireless/b43-fwcutter. Please take actions here.
any progress?
The HOMEPAGE is still invalid. Is there a better URL than https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/No_homepage? HOMEPAGE="http://bcm43xx.berlios.de" #SRC_URI="mirror://berlios/bcm43xx/${P}.tar.bz2" SRC_URI="mirror://gentoo/${P}.tar.bz2" Further the archived website http://web.archive.org/web/20070712050634/http://bcm43xx.berlios.de tells us "This driver was included into the Linux kernel since 2.6.17-rc2." That sounds to me that this ebuild is obsolete. Rick, do you agree that it should be removed from the tree?
yes, this is safe to treeclean
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6d5c34e98f909f136a4fe410571c4cd3f817cc77 commit 6d5c34e98f909f136a4fe410571c4cd3f817cc77 Author: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-11-26 18:50:34 +0000 Commit: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-11-26 18:50:34 +0000 profiles: Mask net-wireless/bcm43xx-fwcutter for removal Mask net-wireless/bcm43xx-fwcutter for removal. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/537786 Signed-off-by: Jonas Stein <jstein@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/releng.git/commit/?id=402fb3c90d7a54d565651d57093e29002f7c724a commit 402fb3c90d7a54d565651d57093e29002f7c724a Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-12-06 17:54:46 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-12-06 17:54:46 +0000 specs: Drop net-wireless/bcm43xx-fwcutter Package is being removed. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/537786 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/admincd-stage1-selinux.spec | 2 -- releases/weekly/specs/amd64/hardened/admincd-stage1.spec | 2 -- releases/weekly/specs/amd64/installcd-stage1.spec | 2 -- releases/weekly/specs/amd64/livecd-stage1.spec | 2 -- releases/weekly/specs/amd64/livedvd-stage1.spec | 2 -- releases/weekly/specs/x86/hardened/admincd-stage1.spec | 2 -- releases/weekly/specs/x86/i686/livecd-stage1.spec | 1 - releases/weekly/specs/x86/i686/livedvd-stage1.spec | 1 - releases/weekly/specs/x86/installcd-stage1.spec | 2 -- 9 files changed, 16 deletions(-)