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FS#32603 - [netcfg] wifi-menu missing dependencies on dialog and wpa_supplicant

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Troels Kofoed Jacobsen (tkjacobsen) - Sunday, 11 November 2012, 15:44 GMT
Last edited by Jouke Witteveen (jouke) - Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 21:24 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Wifi-menu is missing dependencies on dialog and wpa_supplicant making a fresh install enable to connect to wifi (installing base and base-devel package groups) - november edition of install media.


Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
- follow installation guide, installing base and base-devel package groups
- reboot
- execute wifi-menu => error: missing dialog
- somehow install dialog
- execute wifi-menu => error: missing wpa_supplicant
- somehow install wpa_supplicant
- execute wifi-menu
- ?
- profit
This task depends upon

Closed by  Jouke Witteveen (jouke)
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 21:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Sunday, 11 November 2012, 17:27 GMT
pacman -Si netcfg
Optional Deps : dialog: for the menu based profile and wifi selectors
wpa_supplicant: for wireless networking support
ifplugd: for automatic wired connections through net-auto-wired
wpa_actiond: for automatic wireless connections through net-auto-wireless
wireless_tools: for interface renaming through net-rename
ifenslave: for bond connections
bridge-utils: for bridge connections
Comment by Troels Kofoed Jacobsen (tkjacobsen) - Sunday, 11 November 2012, 18:55 GMT
Point taken. But it doest help a user with a fresh install and no network to install the missing deps from. Maybe a note in the instalation guide?
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Sunday, 11 November 2012, 19:25 GMT
Please edit the wiki and add this information. Thanks.
Comment by Alexander F. Rødseth (xyproto) - Sunday, 11 November 2012, 19:26 GMT
This package is currently an orphan.
Assigning to the maintainer of the only [extra] package that depends on it.

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