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From: Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re>
To: 49649@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: ludo@gnu.org, me@tobias.gr
Subject: [bug#49649] [PATCH v2 4/4] gnu: crda: Describe it as obsolete.
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 19:44:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211225184438.9488-1-brice@waegenei.re> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210719211528.22649-1-brice@waegenei.re>

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (crda)[description]: Describe the package as
  obsolete.
---
 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index a67eb607e4..40006a7465 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -4198,6 +4198,8 @@ (define-public wireless-tools
     ;; other files are distributed under gpl2.
     (license (list license:gpl2 license:lgpl2.1+))))
 
+;; NOTE Remove 'crda' package when 'linux-libre' 4.14 won't be packaged
+;; anymore.
 (define-public crda
   (package
     (name "crda")
@@ -4281,7 +4283,8 @@ (define-public crda
     (description
      "The Central Regulatory Domain Agent (CRDA) acts as the udev helper for
 communication between the kernel Linux and user space for regulatory
-compliance.")
+compliance.  It is obsolete since Linux 4.15, as the wireless regulatory
+database is now managed by the kernel susbsystem cfg80211.")
     (license license:copyleft-next)))
 
 (define-public wireless-regdb
-- 
2.34.0





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-25 18:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-19 21:15 [bug#49649] [PATCH] gnu: Add regulatory.db in %base-firmware Brice Waegeneire
2021-07-20 13:26 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-07-20 21:02   ` Brice Waegeneire
2021-07-20 21:56     ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via
2021-07-23  9:11       ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-07-23  9:55         ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via
2021-12-25 18:44 ` [bug#49649] [PATCH v2 0/4] Load wireless regulatory database in kernel Brice Waegeneire
2021-12-28  7:15   ` Leo Famulari
2021-12-31 14:29   ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-06-01 20:29     ` [bug#49649] [PATCH] gnu: Add regulatory.db in %base-firmware Ludovic Courtès
2021-12-25 18:44 ` [bug#49649] [PATCH v2 1/4] " Brice Waegeneire
2021-12-25 18:44 ` [bug#49649] [PATCH v2 2/4] gnu: wireless-regdb: Reuse 'regulatory.db' signature Brice Waegeneire
2021-12-25 18:44 ` [bug#49649] [PATCH v2 3/4] gnu: wireless-regdb: Update to 2021.08.28 Brice Waegeneire
2021-12-25 18:44 ` Brice Waegeneire [this message]
2021-12-25 21:13   ` [bug#49649] [PATCH v2 4/4] gnu: crda: Describe it as obsolete Leo Famulari

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