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Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network

From Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network
Date 2023-05-15 13:00 +0200
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On 2023-05-13 23:00:23 -0500, David Wright wrote:
> On Sat 13 May 2023 at 18:18:57 (-0400), gene heskett wrote:
> > On 5/13/23 15:40, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 08:29:11PM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > > > On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 01:01:27PM -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> > > > > Ifconfig has been deprecated in Debian for some years.
> > > > 
> > > > It is *not* deprecated. It is just optional, not essential.
> > > 
> > > I don't know what Debian's official stance is, but if you do web searches
> > > for "Linux ifconfig deprecated", you find MANY results.
> > > 
> > > <https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/ifconfig-vs-ip>:
> > >      The ip command is the future of network config commands. ifconfig
> > >      has been officially deprecated for the ip suite, so while many of
> > >      us are still using the old ways, it is time to put those habits to
> > >      rest and move on with the world.
> > 
> > While you are correct, Greg, the lack of documentation to help with
> > that transition is staggering. They just thru it on the table and
> > didn't even say use this instead.
> 
> From the way you have quoted, I don't know whether you're complaining
> specifically about redhat, but as far as Debian is concerned, it was
> well documented in the Release Notes for stretch:
> 
>   5.1.3. Noteworthy obsolete packages
> 
>       The following is a list of known and noteworthy obsolete packages
>       (see Section 4.8, “Obsolete packages” for a description).
> 
>       The list of obsolete packages includes:
> 
>       [ … ]
> 
>         * The net-tools package is being deprecated in favor of
>           iproute2. See Section 5.3.9, “net-tools will be deprecated in
>           favor of iproute2” or the Debian reference manual (https://
>           www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05#
>           _the_low_level_network_configuration) for more information.
> 
>       [ … ]
> 
>   5.3.9. net-tools will be deprecated in favor of iproute2
> 
>       The net-tools package is no longer part of new installations by
>       default, since its priority has been lowered from important to
>       optional.
[...]

Under Debian/unstable, i.e. more much recent than stretch:

zira:~> dpkg -s net-tools
Package: net-tools
Status: install ok installed
Priority: important
[...]

This is still priority important!

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Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2023-05-13 11:40 +0200
  Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2023-05-13 11:50 +0200
    Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-13 12:00 +0200
      Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-13 12:10 +0200
        Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2023-05-13 12:20 +0200
          Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-13 12:20 +0200
            Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-13 12:30 +0200
            Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2023-05-13 12:30 +0200
              Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-13 12:40 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network jeremy ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2023-05-13 12:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2023-05-13 12:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-13 12:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-05-13 14:30 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-13 15:00 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-13 18:40 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-13 18:50 +0200
              Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2023-05-13 20:10 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-13 20:30 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-13 21:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-05-13 22:20 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-14 00:20 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-05-14 06:10 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-14 07:00 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-05-14 16:40 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-15 13:00 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-05-15 15:40 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-15 16:40 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-05-15 17:10 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-15 17:20 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-15 17:20 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-05-15 17:40 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-05-16 06:20 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-16 11:40 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-05-16 15:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-05-14 18:20 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-14 06:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-05-14 18:10 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-14 19:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-05-14 23:10 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-14 20:10 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-05-14 23:20 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-15 06:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-05-14 18:30 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-14 20:20 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-05-14 21:00 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-15 06:40 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-05-15 07:20 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-15 13:10 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-15 18:10 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-05-15 18:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-05-15 19:00 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-14 20:50 +0200
                Gene's avahi bogeyman is not real (Was Re: how to find out  regdomain/country of wifi network) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-05-14 23:30 +0200
                Re: Gene's avahi bogeyman is not real (Was Re: how to find  outregdomain/country of wifi network) gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-15 00:30 +0200
                Re: Gene's avahi bogeyman is not real (Was Re: how to find  outregdomain/country of wifi network) Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2023-05-15 09:50 +0200
                Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2023-05-15 22:20 +0200
          Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-13 12:40 +0200
      Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2023-05-13 12:10 +0200
        Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-05-13 12:40 +0200
        Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-13 16:50 +0200
          Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-14 07:00 +0200
  Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network jeremy ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2023-05-13 12:00 +0200
    Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-13 12:10 +0200
    Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-13 12:10 +0200
      Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-13 16:50 +0200
        Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2023-05-14 07:00 +0200
  Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-05-13 12:00 +0200
  Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-05-13 16:40 +0200

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