Hi Ben,
Thanks for that, I think this can be closed, yeah.

Regards,
Adam

On Mon, 16 Feb 2026, at 00:31, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Thu, 2025-04-24 at 18:47 +1000, Adam wrote:
>> Package: wireless-regdb
>> Version: 2025.02.20-1
>> Severity: wishlist
>> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
>> 
>> Dear Maintainer,
>> 
>> Fedora (and others?) have an additional script and udev rule as part of the 
>> wireless-regdb package
>> which attempts to set the wireless country code automatically.
>> 
>> See https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/wireless-regdb/tree/rawhide
> [...]
>
> In version 2026.02.04-1 I have added a script and udev rule to set the
> country code.  However, they require manual configuration because I
> don't think it's correct to infer the regulatory domain from time zone:
>
> - The system time zone doesn't necessarily reflect its actual location
> - Time zones can cross country boundaries
> - Even where this works, there was no provision for handling changes of
> time zone
>
> I documented how to configure this in README.Debian, as well as the
> limited usefulness of doing so.
>
> Can I close this bug report?
>
> Ben.
>
> -- 
> Ben Hutchings
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