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etcet

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Registered: 2010-02-15

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Why not select wireless-tools by default?

Seriously, why is wpa-supplicant installed by default but wireless-tools isn't?
Imagine my pain when I rebooted from the installer and got 'iwconfig: command not found'.

jac

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From: /home/jac

Registered: 2009-05-19

Posts: 431

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Re: Why not select wireless-tools by default?

I haven't installed in a while, but are you sure wpa-supplicant is even? My guess is because some of us don't use wireless internet. If you want, you can post a feature request on the bug tracker.

n0dix

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Registered: 2009-09-22

Posts: 956

Re: Why not select wireless-tools by default?

I remember when i follow the Beginner's Guide to install arch at the first time, one of the recommendations was install wireless-tools for those people who have laptops.

0x99aae4

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Registered: 2010-04-05

Posts: 1

Re: Why not select wireless-tools by default?

Gah!  I just got burned by this, too.  I can confirm that wpa_supplicant is definitely installed by default whereas wireless_tools is not.

I've filed a feature request: http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/18966

Incidentally, the Official Arch Linux Install Guide does not mention that one should install wireless_tools and, I must admit, I didn't bother reading the Beginners' Guide (where the need to manually select wireless_tools is noted).

Last edited by 0x99aae4 (2010-04-05 14:37:45)

Dj_kourampies

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Registered: 2005-11-02

Posts: 32

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Re: Why not select wireless-tools by default?

One more that thought that wireless_tools was included, and ended up on a no internet situation. this should be changed!