** Description changed: + Wireless Extensions support in the kernel has been deprecated[1] for a + long time now. wireless-tools[2] userspace utility should be removed. + iw[3] is considered as the alternate. + + See page[4] for comparison between wireless-tools and iw. iw supports + everything except deprecated Wireless-Extensions. + + See page[5] for replacing iwconfig with iw. + $ reverse-depends wireless-tools Reverse-Recommends ================== * broadcom-sta-dkms * hw-probe * laptop-mode-tools * task-laptop * whereami Reverse-Depends =============== * aircrack-ng [amd64 ppc64el s390x] * edubuntu-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * edubuntu-desktop-raspi [arm64 armhf] * kubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * linssid [amd64 arm64 ppc64el s390x] * lubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x] * ubuntu-budgie-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi [arm64 armhf] * ubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * ubuntu-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * ubuntu-desktop-raspi [arm64 armhf] * ubuntu-mate-core [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x] * ubuntu-mate-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x] * ubuntu-unity-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * ubuntucinnamon-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 ppc64el s390x] * ubuntukylin-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x] * ubuntukylin-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x] * ubuntustudio-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * vanilla-gnome-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * xubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x] * xubuntu-desktop-minimal [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x] Packages without architectures listed are reverse-dependencies in: amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, s390x $ reverse-depends -b wireless-tools Reverse-Build-Depends ===================== * networkd-dispatcher + + + [1] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/wireless-extensions + [2] https://hewlettpackard.github.io/wireless-tools/Tools.html + [3] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw + [4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless#iw_and_wireless_tools_comparison + [5] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw/replace-iwconfig
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