[Bug 2069060] [NEW] Remove wireless-tools dependency

Launchpad Bug Tracker 2069060 at bugs.launchpad.net
Tue Jun 11 16:08:12 UTC 2024


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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.


wireless-tools is deprecated and is being removed from 24.10 - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-tools/+bug/2068612

[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

** Affects: linssid (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Ravi Kant Sharma (ravi-sharma)
         Status: New

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 Remove wireless-tools dependency
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2069060
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