[patch] mode is set by default to "ad-hoc", should be left to "auto"

[Tormod Volden]

The g-s-t network-admin has no setting for wireless network mode. Most users will want to use "managed" or "auto". For /non/-linux-wlan-ng operation, the wireless-tools scripts do not set any default for this, so it is left to the individual driver's default, which I guess is "auto".

However, the linux-wlan-ng-pre-up scripts sets the default to "ad-hoc" if it has not been set explicitely in /etc/network/interfaces. This breaks the network-admin setup for most people.

A possible solution would be a setting in network-admin for this, and thus always provide a setting for linux-wlan-ng or wireless-tools. But the best solution now seems to me to make linux-wlan-ng do as wireless-tools does, just leave it unconfigured.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

This works fine with my prism2_usb adapter on my WLAN. Using iwconfig I see that the network adapter automatically selects "managed".

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

 linux-wlan-ng (0.2.5-2ubuntu1) edgy; urgency=low
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   * Merge from debian unstable, resolving minor merging conflicts. Remaining
     Ubuntu changes:
     - debian/control: Point out that kernel module package is not needed for
       Ubuntu.
     - debian/linux-wlan-ng-suspend, debian/linux-wlan-ng-resume: ifdown/rmmod
       l-w-n devices before suspend and restore the state after resuming.
     - debian/linux-wlan-ng.install: Install above two scripts.
     - debian/linux-wlan-ng-pre-up, etc/rc.wlan: ieee80211 is the newer name
       for p80211.
     - debian/linux-wlan-ng.preinst, debian/linux-wlan-ng.postinst: hotplug
       transition cleanup.
     - debian/linux-wlan-ng-post-down: Do not unload modules to not break
       network-manager and to conform to new udev world order.
     - debian/rules: Fix bashisms.
     - debian/patches/CONF_etc_linux-wlan-ng_rules.dpatch: Create some udev
       rules to make l-w-n work with network-manager.
     - debian/patches/CONF_etc_Makefile.dpatch: Install udev rules into
       appropriate directory.
   * New upstream version (UVF Exception granted by Matt Zimmerman):
     - Make /e/n/interfaces keywords for WEP compatible with the rest of the
       world. Closes: LP#37451
     - Fix /etc/wlan/shared to not complain without hotplug. Closes: LP#50138
     - Leave default wireless mode to 'auto' instead of 'ad-hoc' to unbreak
       configuration with gnome-system-tools. Closes: LP#50224
   * Thanks to Tormod Volden for doing the initial merge and triaging the
     relevant bugs!