On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:26:27 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:28:45 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:18:38 +0000, Brian wrote:
(...) >>>>> No need to ask; WPA/WPA2 is known to be available in a Wheezy >>>>> install. Booting a debian-testing netinst iso should dispel all >>>>> doubts. >>>> >>>> I wonder how did you reach that conclusion given that it has not been >>>> published anyhwere... black magic, mind reading? (just kidding) :-) >>> >>> http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/wpasupplicant-udeb >>> >>> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/i386/daily/build_netboot.log >>> >>> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/build_netboot.log >> >> That's not the kind of sources users tend to read (i.e., Debian wiki, >> Debian News, debian-devel, debian-boot, Debian planet, Debian >> blogs...). > > I dont' read these either. I just knew that there was a > wpasupplicant-udeb (I'm not sure from where) and I pointed to its > existence as a package as well as to the fact that it's being included > in the installer. That addition was new to me. At the time I installed wheezy it was not available. > In looking at the debian-boot archives, I've found two relevant bugs: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=327309 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610931 Ah, those bugs explain why I couldn't install wheezy using WPA: the code was included in late July 2011. Afterwards, when I did another wheezy installation I still thought nothing had changed in this regard so I directly plugged the network cable. I don't know where these features use to be advertized, I follow debian- news, debian-announce, debian planet and often read debian developers blogs and this went completely unnoticed to me. I think this is something most users are awaiting for and would be glad to try, check and report over... unless they're unaware about the possibility >:-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jgr3ou$bh0$3...@dough.gmane.org