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Bug#1012601: wireless-regdb: alternative broken on debian-installer install

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On Tue, 2022-06-14 at 08:27 +0900, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> Ben Hutchings wrote on Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 04:39:23PM +0200:
> > On Fri, 2022-06-10 at 09:39 +0900, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> > > the udeb regdb is also slightly obsolete, I'm not sure why it was needed
> > > in the first place but it might be possible to use the normal package
> > > instead?
> > 
> > Why do you think it's obsolete?  It is useful to have this file present
> > in the installer.
> 
> Sorry this wasn't clear. I didn't mean obsolete as no longer useful,
> just that it is old: wireless-regdb-udeb hasn't been updated in two
> years, while the main wireless-regdb package keeps getting updates
> regularly.

You are comparing wireless-regdb-udeb in stable with wireless-regdb in
unstable.

Both the regular and udeb packages are outdated in stable, but this
should be fixed in the next point release.

[...]
> Note that for clients (installer usecase), it _also_ doesn't matter: if
> an AP uses regulated bands, the client will (should?) rightfully use
> these.

Yes, I think this is generally what happens.  But the kernel wants to
load regulatory.db regardless of what mode is being used, so it seemed
like a good idea to include it in the installer.

This bug shows that that didn't have an entirely positive effect, but
it will be fixed.

[...]
> Yeah, it probably makes more sense to just remove whatever was there in
> the post-install script.
> I'll leave the resolution to you unless you want/need help with
> something.

That is what I've now implemented.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Nothing is ever a complete failure;
it can always serve as a bad example.

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Bug#1012601: wireless-regdb: alternative broken on debian-installer install Dominique Martinet <dominique.martinet@atmark-techno.com> - 2022-06-10 02:50 +0200
  Bug#1012601: wireless-regdb: alternative broken on debian-installer install Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2022-06-13 16:50 +0200
    Bug#1012601: wireless-regdb: alternative broken on debian-installer install Dominique Martinet <dominique.martinet@atmark-techno.com> - 2022-06-14 01:40 +0200
      Bug#1012601: wireless-regdb: alternative broken on debian-installer install Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2022-06-30 02:10 +0200
        Bug#1012601: wireless-regdb: alternative broken on debian-installer install Dominique Martinet <dominique.martinet@atmark-techno.com> - 2022-06-30 02:30 +0200

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