Re: [gentoo-user] after last update hciconfig disappeared

[John Covici]

On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 08:44:59 -0400,
Mick wrote:
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> On Monday 27 Mar 2017 13:45:08 Raffaele Belardi wrote:
> > John Covici wrote:
> > > Hi.  After the last update of net-wireless/bluez hciconfig has
> > > disappeared.  Even downgrading did not bring it back, although it was
> > > there in the previous release.  How do I do hciconfig, scan and
> > > friends now, or is there a way to get them back.
> > >
> > > As a workaround I put an old one back just copying the binary, so I
> > > could proceed, but there has got to be a better way.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/bluetooth#Deprecated_method_using_hcico
> > nfig
> >
> > The ebuild lets you specify an extra-tools USE flag, maybe that one gets
> > them back.
> >
> > raffaele
>
>
> I'm on net-wireless/bluez-5.43-r1 with these USE flags:
>
>      Installed versions:  5.43-r1(09:55:34 02/05/17)(cups obex readline udev -
> debug -deprecated -doc -experimental -extra-tools -selinux -systemd -test -
> test-programs -user-session ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64"
> ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7")
>
> I still have hciconfig, hcitools, et al.
>

I did as well, till I upgraded to 5.44 and then even downgrading did
not bring back the tools.

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