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From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <zx2c4@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, gentoo dev announce <gentoo-dev-announce@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] last rites: virtual/wireguard
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:15:39
Message-Id: CAHmME9ozNN6N67cPjRn3NvRc9w61MtrJkNeOVO506F8KVN8+mQ@mail.gmail.com
1 Don't worry; WireGuard isn't going anywhere.
2
3 The "virtual/wireguard" package was added mostly as a mistake a long
4 time ago, was never intended to be an actual virtual, and has been in
5 packages.deprecated for 8 months now, with large ewarns on every
6 install. It's time to actually get rid of it once and for all.
7
8 The right way to install WireGuard is just `emerge wireguard-tools`,
9 and maybe if you're running an ancient kernel also use `emerge
10 wireguard-modules`.
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12 So this is an announcement for a quick last riting of
13 virtual/wireguard, which was meant to sail away a long time ago.