[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#376737: linux-wlan-ng-source: doesn't build the pcmcia module (explicitly excluded in debian/config-for-lwng)

[Victor Seva]

Lucio Crusca wrote:
> Victor Seva ha scritto:
>> Did you see this[0]?
>>
>> [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365076
> 
> When reportbug listed the outstanding bugs I obviously saw that also, but I 
> skipped reading the whole report because the title seemed extraneous to the 
> bug I was reporting.
> 
> However, for what's worth, I think it's not very wise to introduce a new bug 
> in order to fix another one. I understand that the problem is in upstream 
> sources, but it's relative only to 2.6.16, and people that are using testing 
> (2.6.15) instead of unstable do so just hoping they face fewer bugs. 
> 
> I don't know the debian policies enough, but I think the package could be 
> moved out of testing at least, because it doesn't work in an environment 
> where it should. Simply forcing the package to skip the bogus module seems a 
> little dumb.
> 
> All this to say that I've lost quite a bit of time to realize why the module 
> wasn't there, and I'd like to avoid other people loosing the same useless 
> time.
> 
> Obviously IMHO.
> 
> Regards,
> Lucio.
> 

from /usr/share/doc/linux-wlan-ng-source/NEWS.Debian.gz:
> linux-wlan-ng (0.2.4+svn20060306-2) unstable; urgency=low
> 
>   * Sine the upstream sources fail in compiling the pcmcia driver against
>     kernel version 2.6.16, the default is not to build the pcmcia driver.
>     If you use an older kernel and need the pcmcia driver, do as explained in
>     the previous news entry.
> 
>  -- Enrico Tassi <gareuselesinge en debian.org>  Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:20:38 +0200
> 
> linux-wlan-ng (0.2.4+svn20060306-1) unstable; urgency=low
> 
>   * The user can choose wich modules are built. You have to copy
>     debian/config-for-lwng file to debian/config-foo and modifing this last
>     file you will get only the choosen modules.



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