On 16 July 2013, at 19:20, Bruce Hill wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:09:46PM -0500, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>
>> The ebuild says it:
>>
>> src_prepare() {
>> DOC_CONTENTS="To modify system network connections without needing
>> to enter the
>> root password, add your user account to the 'plugdev'
>> group."
>>
>> When you install it, a message appears with that text.
>
> Which wicd-version ebuild did you pull _that_ text from?
>
> mingdao@jeremiah ~ $ grep plugdev /usr/portage/net-misc/wicd/wicd-1.7.2.4-r*
> mingdao@jeremiah ~ $ grep users /usr/portage/net-misc/wicd/wicd-1.7.2.4-r*
> /usr/portage/net-misc/wicd/wicd-1.7.2.4-r2.ebuild: ewarn "Wicd-1.6
> and newer requires your user to be in the 'users' group. If"
> /usr/portage/net-misc/wicd/wicd-1.7.2.4-r3.ebuild: ewarn "Wicd-1.6
> and newer requires your user to be in the 'users' group. If"
He didn't. This thread is about getting NetworkManager working.
I'm not sure why you imagine wicd should be relevant.
Stroller.
