Bug#372208: [pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#372208: missing patches from wpasupplicant

[Reinhard Tartler]

On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 06:19:08PM +1000, Kel Modderman wrote:
 
> If these patches are for the development version of wpa_supplicant, 
> should they not be merged into upstream CVS, so that next time I take a 
> snapshot, there is no need to carry along a large patch series?

It seems to me that the patches are for 0.4.8.

> This is no defect, rather a  wishlist item, IMHO.

well, some of the patches makes wpa_supplicant work on some machines. So
in some cases, they might be useful or even required.

> >wpasupplicant is missing a number of patches which can be found at:
> >http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/wpa_supplicant/
> >
> >for me personally most important is that one (which makes wep w/ orinoco
> >		based cards work again):
> >
> >wpa_supplicant-wep-key-fix.patch
> >  
> 
> Please provide a distinct bug report for that issue.

I remember something.. wait.
I think this would be this bug:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/wpasupplicant/+bug/37396

But I'm not that sure.

> >furthermore I applied:
> >wpa_supplicant-assoc-timeout.patch
> >wpa_supplicant-auth-fallback-v4.patch
> >  
> 
> Why?

I'm a bit confused as well. Who wrote this patch? Who to contact him and
have they already been submitted/discussed upstream?

Gruesse,
	Reinhard