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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/linux.scm | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index 12b754bae8..3a6c44ea69 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU -;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> +;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2013, 2014 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> ;;; Copyright © 2012 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org> ;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> @@ -1529,9 +1529,11 @@ mapper. Kernel components are part of Linux-libre.") %standard-phases) #:tests? #f)) (synopsis "Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions") - (description "Wireless Tools are used to manipulate the Linux Wireless -Extensions. The Wireless Extension is an interface allowing you to set -Wireless LAN specific parameters and get the specific stats.") + (description "Wireless Tools are used to manipulate the now-deprecated +Linux Wireless Extensions; consider using 'iw' instead. The Wireless +Extension was an interface allowing you to set Wireless LAN specific +parameters and get the specific stats. It is deprecated in favor the nl80211 +interface.") (home-page "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html") (license gpl2+))) |