Ubuntu
ndiswrapper package

ndiswrapper-utils has a misleading long description

Bug #22895 reported by Andrew Zajac on 2005-09-30

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ndiswrapper (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Martin Pitt

Bug Description

"This package contains the userspace tools. You will also need the kernel
module package. "

However, the kernel modules are not packaged seperately from the stock ubuntu
kernel. This is confusing.

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Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote on 2005-10-03:

Only the source package description has been changed, not the binary package.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote on 2005-10-03:

There is no such thing as a source package description, and I've confirmed that
the binary package description has been fixed:

Description: Userspace utilities for ndiswrapper
Some wireless LAN vendors refuse to release hardware specifications or
drivers for their products for operating systems other than Microsoft
Windows. NdisWrapper makes it possible to use such hardware with Linux by
means of a loadable kernel module that "wraps around" NDIS (Windows network
driver API) drivers.
.
This package contains the userspace tools. The default Ubuntu kernel
already provides the required modules. If you use a custom kernel,
you might also need the kernel module package.