[Bug 2068612] Re: Please remove wireless-tools from oracular

[Ravi Kant Sharma]

** Also affects: aircrack-ng (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** No longer affects: aircrack-ng (Ubuntu)

** Also affects: aircrack-ng (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** No longer affects: aircrack-ng (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Please remove wireless-tools from oracular

Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in wireless-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Wireless Extensions support in the kernel has been deprecated[1] for a
  long time now. wireless-tools[2] userspace utility should be removed.
  iw[3] is considered as the alternate.

  See page[4] for comparison between wireless-tools and iw. iw supports
  everything except deprecated Wireless-Extensions.

  See page[5] for replacing iwconfig with iw.

  $ reverse-depends wireless-tools
  Reverse-Recommends
  ==================
  * broadcom-sta-dkms
  * hw-probe
  * laptop-mode-tools
  * task-laptop
  * whereami

  Reverse-Depends
  ===============
  * aircrack-ng [amd64 ppc64el s390x]
  * edubuntu-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el]
  * edubuntu-desktop-raspi [arm64 armhf]
  * kubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el]
  * linssid [amd64 arm64 ppc64el s390x]
  * lubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]
  * ubuntu-budgie-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el]
  * ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el]
  * ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi [arm64 armhf]
  * ubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el]
  * ubuntu-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el]
  * ubuntu-desktop-raspi [arm64 armhf]
  * ubuntu-mate-core [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]
  * ubuntu-mate-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]
  * ubuntu-unity-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el]
  * ubuntucinnamon-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 ppc64el s390x]
  * ubuntukylin-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]
  * ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]
  * ubuntustudio-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el]
  * vanilla-gnome-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el]
  * xubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]
  * xubuntu-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x]

  Packages without architectures listed are reverse-dependencies in:
  amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, s390x

  $ reverse-depends -b wireless-tools
  Reverse-Build-Depends
  =====================
  * networkd-dispatcher

  
  [1] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/wireless-extensions
  [2] https://hewlettpackard.github.io/wireless-tools/Tools.html 
  [3] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw
  [4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless#iw_and_wireless_tools_comparison
  [5] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw/replace-iwconfig

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