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Bug 914438

Summary: net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.10-r3: Inconsistent asterisks color in message during installation phase.
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: lekto
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) <zerochaos>
Status: UNCONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description lekto 2023-09-19 15:27:32 UTC
During installation phrase I got this message:
> >>> Installing (7 of 8) net-wireless/wpa_supplicant-2.10-r3::gentoo
> * WARNING: You are building with WEP support disabled, which is recommended since
> * this protocol is deprecated and insecure.  If you still need to connect to
> * WEP-enabled networks, you may turn this flag back on.  With this flag off,
> * WEP-enabled networks will not even show up as available.
> * If your network is missing you may wish to USE=wep
> * WARNING: You are building with TKIP support disabled, which is recommended since
> * this protocol is deprecated and insecure.  If you still need to connect to
> * TKIP-enabled networks, you may turn this flag back on.  With this flag off,
> * TKIP-enabled networks, including mixed mode TKIP/AES-CCMP will not even show up
> * as available.  If your network is missing you may wish to USE=tkip

Asterisks in part about WEP are green (einfo), but asterisks in part about TKIP are yellow (ewarn). I think both should have same color.