Please merge usb-modeswitch 2.2.5+repack0-1 from Debian unstable/testing - current 2.2.3 version in Wily has regressions with lots of Huawei modems

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas]

usb-modeswitch needs to be merged from Debian again:

Current 2.2.3 version in Wily has regressions with lots of Huawei modems, see LP bug #1441285 (Regression: Huawei E173 no longer recognized as a modem) and https://launchpad.net/trusty-backports/+bug/1407429/comments/2

New upstream versions of usb-modeswitch (2.2.4 and 2.2.5) released 2 months ago, 2.2.5+repack0-1 is packaged in Debian unstable/testing since July!

http://draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ChangeLog

Version 2.2.5, 2015/07/16
    Fixed bug in configuration check, possibly leading to segfault (thanks,
    Leonid Lisovskiy); fixed Pantech commandline parameter evaluation (was
    not working at all); added driver unbind step via sysfs in wrapper,
    getting rid of the USB subsystem complaint "interface 0 claimed by
    usb-storage while 'usb_modeswitch' <does this and that>"
Version 2.2.4, 2015/07/14
    Fixed buggy check of USB configuration selection (possibly leading
    to segfault), tested with Alcatel X602D; removed call to 'libusb_strerror'
    from libusb initialization - not available in earlier libusb1 versions

And here is debian/changelog:

usb-modeswitch (2.2.5+repack0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
  * New 2.2.5 upstream release
  * Refresh patches
 -- Didier Raboud <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:12:31 +0200

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Bug fix only, FFE not applicable. Indeed, please let's get this, thanks!

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Ubuntu-Release team approved merging new usb-modeswitch 2.2.5+repack0-1 from Debian
- unstable/testing , how I can help to speed-up including usb-modeswitch 2.2.5 into Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily) ?

[Dave Morley (davmor2)]

usb-modeswitch 2.2.5+repack0-1 Makes my Huawei modem work.

[Will Cooke (willcooke)]

I had this same issue with a ZTE USB modem and I pulled in https://packages.debian.org/sid/comm/usb-modeswitch to test. This fixed my issues. davmor2 also tested with his Huawei modem and this deb and confirmed that it fixed it for him as well.

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

I updated usb-modeswitch and tested it on my ZTE, Huawei, and Sierra devices, but I don' t have a Huawei modem affected by the issues noted. Could you please try it on your end and let me know if this works appropriately for you?

https://launchpad.net/~mathieu-tl/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+sourcepub/5474428/+listing-archive-extra

[Dave Morley (davmor2)]

Mathieu that is working fine here dude :)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package usb-modeswitch - 2.2.5+repack0-1ubuntu1

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usb-modeswitch (2.2.5+repack0-1ubuntu1) wily; urgency=medium

  * Merge from Debian unstable, remaining changes: (LP: #1498805)
    - dispatcher-c-rewrite.patch: Rewrite dispatcher in C to avoid TCL deps.
    - redirect_dispatcher_output.patch: redirect all dispatcher output when
      called from udev to /dev/null.
    - Replace libjim/jimsh build-depends with libpipeline-dev, libudev-dev.
  * Update dipatcher-c-rewrite: add unbind_driver function as per the change
    from 2.2.3 to 2.2.5 to the TCL version of the dispatcher.
  * debian/patches/systemd_service_name.patch: fix instance name for systemd;
    make sure we don't try to start usb-modeswitch with an invalid instance
    name.

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:52:27 -0400