From 28030933dc40ac5e8c80ced89b2a436db138b844 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sunil Mohan Adapa Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:16:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] d/control: Drop wireless-tools as recommends Closes: #2100. - wireless-tools package is being orphaned. https://bugs.debian.org/963896 . - We use Network Manager to manage network and don't use iw* tools from wireless-tools package. Network Manager itself does not need wireless-tools package to configure and manage Wi-Fi connections. This is seen on typical desktops. - FreedomBox service uses NM D-Bus API to scan for available networks. - Code does not refer to the tools iwconfig, iwevent, iwgetid, iwlist, iwpriv or iwspy. These are the binaries provided by the wireless-tools package. Tests: - After removal of the wireless-tools package, wireless scan functionality does not result in an error. - Not tested: Attaching actual Wi-Fi hardware and seeing the list of available Wi-Fi networks. Signed-off-by: Sunil Mohan Adapa Reviewed-by: James Valleroy --- debian/control | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index a21a63897..b0241cbe3 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ Recommends: tcpdump, # Basic editor, VIM style vim-tiny, -# iwconfig, iwlist and other wireless network tools - wireless-tools, # Priority: standard whois, # Basic editor, Emacs style