FS#18966 - [wireless_tools] 2009.08 netinstall image includes wpa_supplicant by default, omits wireless_tools

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mark Jarvin (0x99aae4) - Monday, 05 April 2010, 14:30 GMT
Last edited by Dan Griffiths (Ghost1227) - Thursday, 08 April 2010, 21:06 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Imagine my dismay when I install via wifi only to discover on first boot that my system can't connect to the network because wireless_tools is missing! At least one other person has recently been burned by this (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=91260). Please consider adding wireless_tools to the set of packages installed by default.

Additional info:
* Installed using the 2009.08 netinstall image, downloaded here (ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2009.08/archlinux-2009.08-netinstall-i686.img.torrent) April 2010

Steps to reproduce:

Install base and base-devel default packages, reboot, login, iwconfig not found.
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Closed by  Dan Griffiths (Ghost1227)
Thursday, 08 April 2010, 21:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) - Monday, 05 April 2010, 15:36 GMT
wpa_supplicant shouldn't be part of the base group as it is hardware specific. See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Allan/Base_Cleanup
Comment by Mark Jarvin (0x99aae4) - Monday, 05 April 2010, 15:46 GMT
Fair enough, that makes sense. Thanks!

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