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  • From: Ismael Luceno <scm AT sourcemage.org>
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  • Subject: [[SM-Commit] ] GIT changes to master grimoire by Ismael Luceno (96de4694b01ea78fd170d7215316df7748c380ef)
  • Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:42:36 +0000

GIT changes to master grimoire by Ismael Luceno <ismael AT sourcemage.org>:

ChangeLog | 6 +++++-
mobile/wireless_tools/BUILD | 3 +--
mobile/wireless_tools/DEPENDS | 1 -
mobile/wireless_tools/DETAILS | 29 +++++++----------------------
mobile/wireless_tools/HISTORY | 4 ++++
mobile/wireless_tools/INSTALL | 2 +-
net/iw/CONFLICTS | 1 +
net/iw/HISTORY | 3 +++
8 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit 96de4694b01ea78fd170d7215316df7748c380ef
Author: Ismael Luceno <ismael AT sourcemage.org>
Commit: Ismael Luceno <ismael AT sourcemage.org>

wireless_tools: spell deprecated

The Wireless Extensions API has been deprecated for a decade.

At this point if we encounter a need for any driver missing nl80211
support, we might want to patch it instead of relying on the older APIs.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f19fe6c..7ee57b4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-2025-11-77 Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT sourcemage.org>
+2025-11-18 Ismael Luceno <ismael AT sourcemage.org>
+ * mobile/wireless_tools: spell deprecated [The Wireless Extensions API
+ has been deprecated for a decade]
+
+2025-11-17 Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT sourcemage.org>
* science-libs/eigen5: added

2025-11-16 Ismael Luceno <ismael AT sourcemage.org>
diff --git a/mobile/wireless_tools/BUILD b/mobile/wireless_tools/BUILD
index 03417c7..397db75 100755
--- a/mobile/wireless_tools/BUILD
+++ b/mobile/wireless_tools/BUILD
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
- sedit "s|-O2|$CFLAGS|;s|man/|/share/man/|" Makefile &&
- make CC=gcc
+:
diff --git a/mobile/wireless_tools/DEPENDS b/mobile/wireless_tools/DEPENDS
deleted file mode 100755
index d46763d..0000000
--- a/mobile/wireless_tools/DEPENDS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-optional_depends "PCMCIA_TOOLS" "" "" "PCMCIA Card support"
diff --git a/mobile/wireless_tools/DETAILS b/mobile/wireless_tools/DETAILS
index 64fbf1f..96d4e86 100755
--- a/mobile/wireless_tools/DETAILS
+++ b/mobile/wireless_tools/DETAILS
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
- SPELL=wireless_tools
- VERSION=29
-
SOURCE_HASH=sha512:c169e29d53353e3d65913a5a5ba219752218968b0c036d4bfb25e7f3a9e31fe1e6adfcdbb410116e9c161c99aa3a7314fdc889ba36ba63f002d11ff9dba6974d
- SOURCE=$SPELL.$VERSION.tar.gz
-SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL.${VERSION/.*/}
- SOURCE_URL[0]=http://hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/$SOURCE
- #SOURCE_URL[0]=http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/contrib/$SOURCE
- WEB_SITE=http://hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
- LICENSE[0]=GPL
- ENTERED=20020220
- DOCS="*.txt README"
- KEYWORDS="wireless mobile"
- SHORT="Tools for wireless networking."
-cat << EOF
-Wireless tools. Includes:
- * iwconfig manipulate the basic wireless parameters
- * iwlist (formerly part of iwspy) allow to list addresses, frequencies,
- bit-rates...
- * iwspy allow to get per node link quality
- * iwpriv allow to manipulate the Wireless Extensions specific to a driver
- (private)
-EOF
+ SPELL=wireless_tools
+ VERSION=0
+ PATCHLEVEL=9999
+ SHORT="deprecated"
+ cat << EOF
+ deprecated spell [replaced by iw]
+ EOF
diff --git a/mobile/wireless_tools/HISTORY b/mobile/wireless_tools/HISTORY
index 54789b7..5b28bfb 100644
--- a/mobile/wireless_tools/HISTORY
+++ b/mobile/wireless_tools/HISTORY
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2025-11-18 Ismael Luceno <ismael AT sourcemage.org>
+ * spell deprecated [The Wireless Extensions API has been deprecated
+ for a decade]
+
2011-10-14 Bor Kraljič <pyrobor AT ver.si>
* DETAILS: fixed long description wrap (scripted)

diff --git a/mobile/wireless_tools/INSTALL b/mobile/wireless_tools/INSTALL
index 7b3c8fe..397db75 100755
--- a/mobile/wireless_tools/INSTALL
+++ b/mobile/wireless_tools/INSTALL
@@ -1 +1 @@
- make PREFIX=${INSTALL_ROOT}/usr install
+:
diff --git a/net/iw/CONFLICTS b/net/iw/CONFLICTS
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b317c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/iw/CONFLICTS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+conflicts wireless_tools y
diff --git a/net/iw/HISTORY b/net/iw/HISTORY
index 5629129..96a1810 100644
--- a/net/iw/HISTORY
+++ b/net/iw/HISTORY
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2025-11-18 Ismael Luceno <ismael AT sourcemage.org>
+ * CONFLICTS: added wireless_tools (deprecated)
+
2024-11-27 Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT sourcemage.org>
* DETAILS: version 6.9



  • [[SM-Commit] ] GIT changes to master grimoire by Ismael Luceno (96de4694b01ea78fd170d7215316df7748c380ef), Ismael Luceno, 11/18/2025

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