--- gentoo.old/mate-base/mate-applets/mate-applets-1.26.1-r1.ebuild	2024-01-19 09:40:51
+++ gentoo/mate-applets/mate-applets-1.26.1-r1.ebuild	2024-01-24 16:44:10
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 	>=gnome-base/libgtop-2.12.0:2=
 	>=gnome-extra/gucharmap-3.0:2.90
 	>=mate-base/mate-panel-1.25.2
-	>=net-wireless/wireless-tools-28_pre9:0
 	>=sys-apps/dbus-1.10.0
 	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2
 	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.22:3
@@ -43,6 +42,9 @@
 	netlink? (
 		dev-libs/libnl:3
 	)
+	!netlink? (
+		>=net-wireless/wireless-tools-28_pre9:0
+	)
 	upower? ( >=sys-power/upower-0.99.8 )
 "
 
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@
 		--libexecdir=/usr/libexec/mate-applets \
 		$(use_with X x) \
 		$(use_with upower) \
-		$(use_with netlink nl) \
+		$(usex netlink "--with-nl --without-iwevgenie" "--with-iwevgenie --without-nl") \
 		$(use_enable ipv6) \
 		$(use_enable policykit polkit) \
 		"${myconf[@]}"