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2006

madwifi (1:0.9.2+r1842.20061207-2) unstable; urgency=high

   * Add upstream revision 1847 as a new dpatch to completely fix
     CVE-2006-6332; thanks Luk Claes; closes: #402836.

 -- Loic Minier <lool@dooz.org>  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:44:37 +0100

madwifi (1:0.9.2+r1842.20061207-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   * New upstream SVN snapshot
     - buffer overflow exploit fixed (CVE-2006-6332)
   * Urgency medium to allow security fix to propogate to testing asap.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelmo@kanotixguide.org>  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 08:06:01 +1000

madwifi (1:0.9.2+r1809.20061115-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream SVN snapshot.
     - fixes TARGET determination for powerpc (Closes: #398241)

 -- Kel Modderman <kelmo@kanotixguide.org>  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:24:39 +1000

madwifi (1:0.9.2+r1784.20061027-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream SVN snapshot.
     - new binary HAL version 0.9.18.0 with support for more chipsets
   * Change of uploaders email address.
   * Fix madwifi-ng-tools typo. [debian/control]
   * Remove mention of files relicensed upstream in 'Problematic' section of
     copyright. [debian/copyright]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelmo@kanotixguide.org>  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:07:36 +1000

madwifi (1:0.9.2+r1710.20060914-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream SVN snapshot.
     - HAL version 0.9.18.0
     - support for pci-e chipsets
   * Add epoch to alow better representation of upstream source version.
   * Purge madwifi-tools from non-free source package. [debian/madwifi-tools.*,
     debian/rules, debian/control]
   * Fix copyright => _everything_ in /hal directory is subject to the legally
     "immutable" license. [debian/copyright]
   * Remove slh from uploaders at his request. He has no relationship with this
     package whatsoever any more. [debian/control*]
   * Remove dummy SNAPSHOT file hack in favour of a planned version schema +
     get-orig-source target, useful for grabbing snapshot tarballs. Please do
     not use an SVN export to build future orig.tar.gz's for this package.
     [debian/rules]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelmo@kanotixguide.org>  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 23:00:02 +1000

madwifi (0.svnr1697.0.9.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
     - compiles against current 2.6.18 tree
   * Add some shell code to make a dummy SNAPSHOT file for the case when we
     decide to base this package on an svn export or snapshot (it is almost
     always the case!). [debian/rules]
   * Also remove $(CC) override in build/madwifi-tools. [debian/rules]
   * Add upstream URL to long description of each binary package.
     [debian/control]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 12:09:19 +1000

madwifi (0.svnr1680.0.9.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * Exclude .svn stuff from orig.tar.gz and resulting module tarball.
     [debian/rules] (Closes: #374401)
   * Add some further links to documentation section of madwifi-source
     README.Debian.
   * Remove $(CC) and $(LD) overrides, madwifi upstream is now behaving in that
     regard. [debian/rules.modules]
   * Disable dpatch system and remove dependency. [debian/control, debian/rules]
   * Build depend on debhelper >= 5.0.37, so that dh_installmodules always
     creates correct postinst and postrm scripts. [debian/control*]
   * madwifi-tools do not depend on ifupdown to function properly, therefore it
     should only be recommended. [debian/control]
   * madwifi-source suggests madwifi-tools, madwifi-source and madwifi-tools
     suggest madwifi-doc. [debian/control]
   * Add a note to madwifi-source.README.debian about possible upgrade
     conflicts with the unofficial packages from http://debian.marlow.dk/.
     (Closes: #375962)
   * Remove dh_installdebconf from rules.modules, it is unused.
     [debian/rules.modules]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sat, 8 Jul 2006 20:53:14 +1000

madwifi (0.svnr1644.0.9.0-2) unstable; urgency=low

   [ Kel Modderman ]
   * Modules only depend on equal to or greater than source version of
     madwifi-tools, to avoid upgrade path problems.
 
   [ Loic Minier ]
   * Drop the version in the Depends altogether.

 -- Loic Minier <lool@dooz.org>  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:41:45 +0200

madwifi (0.svnr1644.0.9.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium

   [ Kel Modderman ]
   * New upstream SVN snapshot.
     - new HAL (0.9.17.2)
     - enhanced Makefile/kbuild build system
   * s/MODULEPATH/KMODPATH/ in debian/rules.modules.
   * Global renaming of madwifi-ng => madwifi. The old madwifi codebase has
     been deprecated upstream, we should not confuse our own users.This also
     eliminates a large source of upgrade difficulties. [debian/*]
   * Update copyright file to include details of new HAL binaries and BSD
     licensed files. [debian/copyright]
   * Use debhelper compat level of 5 (dh_installmodules requires the most recent
     debhelper to function correctly). [debian/control*]
   * Include official upstream release version number in our debian revision.
   * Adjust watch file for new debian revision number scheme.
 
   [ Loic Minier ]
   * Don't prune .svn dirs in this upload as it breaks the upstream build
     system for SVN snapshot; upstream ticket #694.

 -- Loic Minier <lool@dooz.org>  Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:28:03 +0200

madwifi (0.svnr1587.20060521-1) experimental; urgency=low

   * New upstream SVN snapshot.
   * Add workaround patches to current upstream scanning problems:
     - active scanning patch from #275.
     - setmode delay patch from #228.
   * Allow patches subdir of madwifi upstream to be in debian tarball. It is
     working now. [debian/rules]
   * Remove Conflicts: fields from control files.
     [debian/control, debian/control.modules.in]
   * Remove madwifi-ng-dev, it is not satisfying any build dependency.
     [debian/control, debian/madwifi-ng-dev.*]
   * Introduce madwifi-ng-doc, it will contain the users-guide documentation.
     [debian/control, debian/madwifi-ng-doc.docs]
   * Make wlanconfig verbose when asked for. [debian/ifupdown/pre-up]
   * Exclude upstream THANKS file from automatic installation with each
     package. It can be found in the source tarball.
   * Upstream dependency on sharutils to decode the HAL binaries removed.
     [debian/control*]
   * Bump standards-version to 3.7.2.
   * Add debian/NEWS to describe the homepage for pkg-madwifi.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sun, 14 May 2006 17:24:44 +1000

madwifi (0.svnr1500.20060412-1) experimental; urgency=low

   * Rename source package to madwifi.
   * New upstream release.
     - wext ioctl's
   * Drop active scanning dpatch.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:58:02 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1497.20060407-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Drop build-essential dependency of module source package. [debian/control]
   * Minor tweak to module source tarball generation. [debian/rules]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 18:44:11 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1497.20060407-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 00:17:02 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1491.20060403-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 21:41:35 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1486.20060328-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fix madwifi-dev include layout, thanks to Pascal for picking up on the
     problem so quickly. [debian/madwifi-ng-dev.dirs, debian/rules]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:54:40 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1486.20060328-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
     - fix build on mips arch's

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:58:14 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1485.20060325-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Reinstate copyright headers in Matt Brown's ifupdown scripts.
   * Clean up debian/rules so that targets are more obvious.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:41:24 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1485.20060325-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * Use upstream TARGET determination. Remove debian specific ARCH_TARGET code
     from debian/rules/modules.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:26:34 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1475.20060317-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Use dh_installmodules to handle modules post{inst,rm}

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:11 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1475.20060317-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * Make binary modules package Depend on linux-image | kernel-image
     [debian/control.modules.in]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 19:19:55 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1472.20060310-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release
   * Drop tools update and nodetable dpatches, they were applied upstream
   * Add MADWIFI_OPTIONS to preup script, allowing one to append an option to
     wlaconfig at VAP creation time [debian/ifupdown/preup]
   * Do not exclude the users-guide.pdf from compression [debian/rules]
   * Include the users guide in madwifi-ng-source
     [debian/madwifi-ng-source.docs]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:14:45 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1463.20060307-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release
   * Add patch for possible memory leak in ad-hoc mode.
     [debain/patches/03_nodetable.dpatch]
   * Remove bogus target from module source debian/rules.
     [debian/rules.modules]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Tue, 7 Mar 2006 21:28:36 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1460.20060304-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release
   * Add wireless-tools to Recommends field of madwifi-ng-modules and
     madwifi-ng-tools. [debian/control*]
   * Rename ifupdown scripts, remove implicit copyright and tweaked mode
     handling. [debian/ifupdown/*]
   * Remove vpncrash dpatch - fixed upstream.
   * Remove conditional dependency on m-a or k-p, Recommend kernel-package
     [debain/control]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 23:11:52 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1457.20060228-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release
   * Correct typo in debian/rules
   * Add uupdate to debian/watch
   * Conditional dependency on module-assistant OR kernel package for
     madwifi-ng-source
   * Add 02_tools_update.dpatch and 03_vpncrash.dpatch pending upstream
     inclusion.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:50:00 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1453.20060220-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release
   * Drop RSN fix applied upstream

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:16:25 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1452.20060217-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fix active-scanning patch to compile against kernels with WE < 18.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:24:29 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.svnr1452.20060217-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New debian version scheme.
   * Add watch file to assist in tracking new upstream snapshots.
   * Add patch from http://madwifi.org/ticket/241 to fix RSN when using
     hostapd.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:51:58 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1452-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release
   * Remove Recommends on madwifi-ng-base for madwifi-ng-tools.
     [debian/control]
   * Add active-scanning-option dpatch but do not apply by default (ftbfs on
     Sarge's kernel)
   * Drop setmode-delay patch, I do not think it is 100% correct, even though
     it causes an obscure bug to go away.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:14:50 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1451-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release
     - new HAL (0.9.16.6)
   * Rework installation of madwifi-ng-tools
     - use upstream tools/Makefile install: target to install binaries and
       manpages [debian/rules, debian/madwifi-ng-tools.manpages,
       debian/madwifi-ng-tools.dirs]
     - set $(CC) (/etc/alternatives/cc) as compiler [debian/rules]
   * Clean madwifi-ng-source tarball of precompiled binaries [debian/rules]
   * Update documentation for madwifi-ng-tools
     [debian/madwifi-ng-tools.README.debian]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:40:24 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1446-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release
     - Fixed: modules: target of Makefile was not directly dependent on
       svnversion.h, which caused madwifi-ng-source to fail compilation.
       Shame on me for not thoroughly testing this before release, and a big
       thanks to Punky Tse for picking up on it.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 20:13:47 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1443-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
     - comprehensive code style cleanup
   * Remove all patches applied upstream.
   * Remove patches that have been found to be problematic:-
     - 01_fix-chanmode-auto.dpatch does not provide a correct solution, even
       though it prevents a kernel panic
     - 06_active-scan.dpatch fails to compile against kernels with WE versions
       less than 17 (module FTBFS on default Sarge kernel). This patch is
       currently being improved
   * Update setmode-delay patch with a revised solution.
     [debian/patches/01_setmode-delay-with-timeout2.dpatch]
   * wlanconfig is installed to /usr/sbin now with the other tools.
     [debian/rules, debian/ifupdown/*]
   * Remove provides field in debian/control.modules.in
   * Tweak madwifi-dev control description. [debian/control]
   * Move countrycode text into madwifi-source.README.debian.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Tue, 7 Feb 2006 17:51:44 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1416-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * Replace device renaming patch with a revised version.
     [debian/patches/02_device-renaming.dpatch]
   * Add patch to fix mac changing bug [debian/patches/08_changemac.dpatch]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:21:04 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1408-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * Drop patches applied upstream.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:03:07 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1405-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fix Maintainer and Uploader field of modules control file.
     [debian/control.modules.in]
   * Update 80_autocreate.dpatch with a small bugfix.
   * Add print-module-status.dpatch pending upstream inclusion.
   * Quote all shell var's in ifupdown scripts and remove dependency on iproute
     by checking /proc/net/wireless for pre-existing VAP's.
     [debian/ifupdown/*, debian/control]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:57:34 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1405-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * Drop patches applied upstream.
   * Add pending upstream patches.
     - allow autocreation of a sta VAP or each device
   * Remove madwifi-base, sta device is now created by default.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:34:03 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1401-3) unstable; urgency=low

   * Sync control file with Kanotix package. This was left terribly broken for
     far too long. [debian/control]
   * Add udev version depends to madwifi-base. [debian/control]
   * Add patch to fix iupstream ARCH detection script.
     [debian/patches/07_fix-get_arch_target.sh.dpatch]
   * Add active scanning workaround patch.
     [debian/patches/08_active-scan.dpatch]
   * Quote variables in udev script. [debian/udev/madwifi.sh]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:23:19 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1401-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Fix Recommends field of modules binary. [debian/control.modules.in]
   * Replace and provide madwifi-modules-_KVERS_.
   [debian/control.modules.in]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:06:26 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1401-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
   * Sync patchset with new upstream. [debian/patches/*]
   * Add Stefan Lippers-Hollmann to Uploaders, as he is responsible for
     managing the Kanotix repository that will be the temporary home for this
     package. [debian/control]

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:53:03 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1397-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream release.
     - fixes instability with amd64 and ipsec
   * Bugfix ifupdown scripts, missing quotes. Thanks Evan Jones.
     [debian/ifupdown/*]
   * Updates dpatches. Remove patches applied upstream and add all patches
     pending upstream inclusion. All patch descriptions provide url to the
     associated madwifi.org ticket.
   * Recommend madwifi-ng-base in module conrtol file. [debian/control.modules.in]
   * Remove section describing wireless usage from
     madwifi-ng-source.README.debian, this should be described in greater
     detail in madwifi-ng-tools.README.debian, along with associated changes
     with respect to the usage of the ifupdown scripts to automate VAP
     management.
   * Add brief description to udev program configuration file.
     [debian/udev/madwifi]
   * Add note about the purpose of the udev program to
     madwifi-ng-base.README.debian.
   * Alter ARCH_TARGET handling to suit new architecture determination in
     upstream Makefiles. dpkg-architecture is more reliable than depending on the
     upstream arch determinination. [debian/rules.modules]
   * Fix "make", and "make install targets" for the module source. These
     targets are seperated by a patch included that is pending upstream
     inclusion. [debian/rules.modules]
   * Remove upstream install.log in clean target of module source.
     [debian/rules.modules]
   * Update madwifi-tools.README.debian with countrycode information, and add
     section templates for further expansion of documentaion.
   * Fix typo in madwifi-ng-source.README.debian.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:37:18 +1000

2005

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1365-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Move ifupdown scripts to madwifi-ng-tools. [debian/rules,
     debian/madwifi-ng-tools.dirs, debain/control]
   * Tweak udev program.
     - hardcode ath as interface alias prefix
     - remove option to specify an alternative interface alias
   * Small tweak to ifupdown scripts. [debian/ifupdown/*]
   * Exclude THANKS from all packages. [debian/rules]
   * Don't compress users-guide.pdf. [debain/rules]
   * Disable 05_wifi-rename.dpatch.
   * Update 06_unit-noappend.dpatch.
   * Update debian/control* files with names of current team members.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:48:16 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1365-1) unstable; urgency=low

   [Kel Modderman]
   * Update Maintainer and Uploaders fields to reflect current team members.
     [debian/control*]
   * Introduce madwifi-base to contain configuration and support scripts for
     the new madwifi codebase.
     - ifupdown scripts (thanks to Matt Brown)
     - experimental udev rule, program and default configuration file
   * Move wlanconfig to /sbin to avoid racy conditions in some situations with
     the udev program. [debian/madwifi-tools.dirs,debian/rules]
   * Use additional patches that are pending upstream.
   * Exclude README and THANKS files from madwifi-ng-{dev,base}. [debian/rules]
   * Modify install target for madwifi-ng-tools. [debian/rules]
   * Add madwifi-ng-dev.README.deian to explain purpose of the package. This was
     previously contained within madwifi-ng-source.README.debian.
   * Adjust debian/rules.modules
     - Untested support for arm
     - no longer require the TOOLPREFIX hack
     - use new upstream install-modules target
   * Add madwifi-ng-tools.manpages, we do not use upstreams Makefile to install
     these anymore.
   * Sync copyright file with that of existing madwifi package.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:27:27 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1234-1) unstable; urgency=low

   [Kel Modderman]
   * Remove madwifi-ng meta package. [debian/control]
   * Make madwifi-dev depend on madwifi-source of same source-version.
     [debian/control]
   * Remove references to README_FIRST in debian/*.docs files as
     it was removed upstream.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:46:44 +1000

madwifi-ng (0.9.0+svn1216-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Initial release.

 -- Kel Modderman <kelrin@tpg.com.au>  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:36:47 +1000