net-wireless/wireless-tools is an optional runtime dependency needed only for really old wifi adapters. I don't even have Wireless Extensions enabled in my kernel and laptop-mode-tools works perfectly with net-wireless/iw (see /usr/share/laptop-mode-tools/modules/wireless-power). I think is is safe to assume that correct wireless tool is already installed on the system.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b0257df5ec04cce603c688c9b883586d80d6f42d commit b0257df5ec04cce603c688c9b883586d80d6f42d Author: Alon Bar-Lev <alonbl@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-01-04 17:45:27 +0000 Commit: Alon Bar-Lev <alonbl@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-01-04 17:48:37 +0000 app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools: remove old tools as dependency Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/642264 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.13, Repoman-2.3.3 app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools/laptop-mode-tools-1.71-r1.ebuild | 11 ++++------- app-laptop/laptop-mode-tools/metadata.xml | 3 --- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
Thanks!