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Date:      Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:05:19 +0200
From:      Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@techwires.net>
To:        Da Rock <freebsd-net@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: wpa_supplicant wpa peap gtc connection - gtc failing?
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On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Da Rock
<freebsd-net@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
> On 08/19/12 03:23, Bernhard Schmidt wrote:
>>
>> On Saturday 18 August 2012 13:47:29 Da Rock wrote:
>>>
>>> On 08/18/12 13:32, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is there any reason we don't build with that option?
>>>
>>> You know, I was wondering that myself but I wasn't exactly sure whether
>>> to ask or not :)
>>
>> Historical reasons I guess, our config matches the default
>> wpa_supplicant config. I don't see any technical reason not to
>> enable that and bunch of other exotic stuff.
>>
>> Though, as you've already noticed, one can count the number of
>> user who benefit from such a change on one hand.. ;)
>> Not sure it's worth the effort, though, if someone wants to do
>> the work, fine with me.
>>
> True on that one :)
>
> But then again, there are not many as tenacious as I am, and it is not clear
> that it has not been enabled anywhere. If the build is not worth it, perhaps
> some documentation to point a user to what can be added to the build? At
> least that way if someone is intent enough to find the info they can do
> something about it? Such as myself; if I had of known it needed the option
> it might have saved me several weeks of messing around.
>
> Just a note in the man pages might do, as well as a wiki, or the handbook.

Updating the man page is on my TODO list.
It already mentions options which are enabled/disabled by default and
also refers to make.conf, but some information is clearly outdated
and/or no longer valid.

-- 
Bernhard



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