[oe] [meta-oe] task-basic: include wireless-tools for distros featuring wifi

[Andreas Müller]

On Monday, October 31, 2011 12:10:28 PM Andreas Müller wrote:
> On Monday, October 31, 2011 11:42:40 AM Koen Kooi wrote:
> > Op 30-10-11 11:01, Andreas Müller schreef:
> > > Signed-off-by: Andreas Müller <schnitzeltony at gmx.de> ---
> > > meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb |    2 +- 1 files changed, 1
> > > insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb
> > > b/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb index 34aa7e1..9b9385e
> > > 100644 --- a/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb +++
> > > b/meta-oe/recipes-core/tasks/task-basic.bb @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
> > > RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\ ${@base_contains("MACHINE_FEATURES",
> > > "usbgadget", "kernel-module-g-ether kernel-module-g-serial
> > > kernel-module-g-mass-storage", "", d)} \ \
> > > ${@base_contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "bluetooth", "bluez4", "", d)} \ -
> > > ${@base_contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "wifi", "iw wpa-supplicant", "",
> > > d)} \ +	${@base_contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "wifi", "iw wireless-tools
> > > wpa-supplicant", "", d)} \
> > 
> > I have to NAK this one, 'iw' has replaced wireless in the linux-wireless
> > world and having both doesn't make sense.
> 
> I had the feeling (am not 100% sure), that adding wireless-tools to image
> made my wlan work under networkmanger control - will do some tests on
> that.
> 
> FYI: networkmanager has wireless-tools in DEPENDS but that is not enough to
> make wireless-tools into the image.
> 
> How about wireless-tools in RDEPENDS for networkmanager?
> 
I took a look at networkmanager configure.ac: 

| AC_MSG_ERROR(wireless-tools or libiw development headers >= 28pre9 not 
installed or not functional)

I seems better to have iw in dependencies there instead of wireless-tools. Will 
give that one a try.

Andreas