Package: wpasupplicant Version: 0.5.5-2 Severity: important
The wpa-* options are not mentioned in the man pages for interfaces(5), wireless(7) or wpa_supplicant(8). The only file that mentions them (AFAIK) is /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.modes.gz. The wireless-* options, that use iwconfig and iwpriv, are mentioned in all the appropriate places. Unfortunately, the latter fail to configure the rt2x00 drivers, which are included in recent mainstream kernels. It took me several weeks to find the README.modes file, and I expect most users would give up before finding it. Suggested changes: 1. Add the contents of README.modes to the wpa_supplicant(8) man page, before the SUPPORTED FEATURES part. Or else put it in a new man page, and refer to that from wpa_supplicant(8). As a last resort, add README.modes to the SEE ALSO section of wpa_supplicant(8). 2. Add a description of the wpa-* options to section 10.6.1.3 (Configuring a Wi-Fi interface) of the Debian Reference Manual. 3. At the point where the interfaces(5) man page mentions the wireless-tools package, add a reference to wpasupplicant and README.modes. Add README.modes to the SEE ALSO part of this man page. (Or refer to wpa_supplicant(8), if a description of the options has been added there.) 4. Add README.modes to the SEE ALSO section of the wireless(7) man page. I'd be happy to do the necessary writing, if someone could explain how to get the changes included in the various Debian packages and manuals involved. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libdbus-1-3 1.0.2-1+etch2 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline5 5.2-2 GNU readline and history libraries ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8c-4etch4 SSL shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.1-23.2etch1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip Versions of packages wpasupplicant recommends: ii dhcp3-client 3.0.4-13 DHCP Client -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
