[MIR] iw
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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iw (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Availability:
iw is already available in Universe.
binary packages needed in main: iw
available for all supported architectures.
Rationale:
iw is required for wireless regulatory domain control. It also brings up very useful additional controls for wireless devices, some of which are already provided by iwconfig and iwlist, but in a nice, clearer format (much like ifconfig vs. ip)
Security:
CVE entries - none
Secunia history - none
Binaries running as root or suid/sgid: none
Daemons: none
Network activity: no ports opened
Does not handle incoming network data
Does not directly (not through a library) process binary (video, audio, etc) or structured (PDF, etc) data
Quality assurance:
Package works out of the box without configuration
The package does not ask any debconf questions
Debian bugs: none
Hardware: Does this package deal with hardware? - yes, wifi cards
Standards compliance:
FHS, Debian Policy compliant
Packaging system (debhelper/
Patch system is quilt (format 3.0 (quilt) package)
No packaging oddities
Dependencies:
Runtime
libc6 (>= 2.7), libnl3 (>= 3.0)
Build
debhelper (>= 7), libnl3-dev, pkg-config (>= 0.22)
Are these all in main? - yes
Background information:
The general purpose and context of the package is clear from the package's debian/control file. Quoting debian/control:
Upstream calls this software: iw
It has not had different names in the past
There has been a previous MIR report for iw: https:/
description: | updated |
Changed in iw (Ubuntu Precise): | |
milestone: | none → precise-alpha-2 |
Approved. Simple packaging, in sync with Debian. No known security issues. There are some important bugs in LP, but cyphermox tells me those are obsolete (and they look like it). He'll clean them up.