#1137174 RFS: wireless-tools/30~pre9-24 [ITA] -- Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions

#1137174#5
Date:
2026-05-20 11:01:14 UTC
From:
To:
Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "wireless-tools":

 * Package name     : wireless-tools
   Version          : 30~pre9-22
   Upstream contact : Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
 * URL              :
https://hewlettpackard.github.io/wireless-tools/Tools.html
 * License          : GPL-2+, LGPL-2.1+
 * Vcs              : https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wireless-tools
   Section          : net

The source builds the following binary packages:

  wireless-tools - Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
  libiw30t64 - Wireless tools - library
  libiw-dev - Wireless tools - development files
  wireless-tools-udeb - Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions
  libiw30-udeb - Tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions

To access further information about this package, please visit the
following URL:

https://mentors.debian.net/package/wireless-tools/

Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this command:

  dget -x
https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/w/wireless-tools/wireless-tools_30~pre9-22.dsc

Changes since the last upload:

 wireless-tools (30~pre9-22) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * ITA upload. (Closes: #963896)
   * debian/control: Change Maintainer to Ahmed Alaoui.
   * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4.
   * debian/control: Bump debhelper-compat from 12 to 13.
   * debian/control: Fix version-substvar-for-external-package lintian
     error by hardcoding version in Conflicts field.
   * debian/rules: Fix cross-build multiarch directory misbuild.
     (Closes: #913291)
   * debian/copyright: Convert to DEP-5 machine-readable format.
     Replace FSF postal address with URL.
   * debian/patches: Add DEP-3 headers to all patches missing them.
     Set Forwarded: not-needed for all Debian-specific patches.
   * debian/wireless-tools.lintian-overrides: Add override for
     maintainer-script-without-set-e false positive.
   * debian/not-installed: Add ifrename files removed in -20 but still
     built by upstream.

Note: My Salsa account is pending administrator approval. I will push
the repository and update Vcs-* fields as soon as it is approved.

Regards,
Ahmed Alaoui
ahmedalaoui.debian@gmail.com

#1137174#12
Date:
2026-05-20 12:42:49 UTC
From:
To:
I have uploaded an improved version 30~pre9-24 to mentors.debian.net
addressing all lintian warnings from the previous upload.

Changes in 30~pre9-23 and 30~pre9-24:
 * Fix grammar typos in iwconfig.8 and iwgetid.8 man pages
 * Fix bin-sbin-mismatch in wireless-tools.if-pre-up
 * Enable full hardening via DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS
 * Replace XC-Package-Type with Package-Type for udebs
 * Remove redundant Section field from wireless-tools binary package
 * Add debian/watch and debian/upstream/metadata
 * Restore lintian override for package-name-doesnt-match-sonames

The latest version 30~pre9-24 has zero W/E lintian tags on Debian
servers. One X tag remains (debian-watch-does-not-check-openpgp-signature)
which is expected since upstream development has ceased and no
OpenPGP signatures were ever provided.

dget -x
https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/w/wireless-tools/wireless-tools_30~pre9-24.dsc

Regards,
Ahmed Alaoui
ahmedalaoui.debian@gmail.com

#1137174#19
Date:
2026-05-20 20:32:49 UTC
From:
To:
I have consolidated all changes into a single clean version 30~pre9-22
following reviewer feedback, and re-uploaded to mentors.

dget -x
https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/w/wireless-tools/wireless-tools_30~pre9-22.dsc

Regards,
Ahmed Alaoui
ahmedalaoui.debian@gmail.com