Bug#431570: O: usbmgr -- user-mode daemon which loads/unloads USB kernel modules
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 09:53:31AM -0500, Rudy Godoy Guillén wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
>
> I intend to orphan the usbmgr package, since it lacks of upstream development
> and better options exists.
> I also intend to request for removal in a couple of weeks if no other still wants
> to take care of it.
>
> The package description is:
> When USB devices connect into or disconnect from a USB hub,
> the usbmgr works as follows, according to configuration:
> .
> a) Load and unload Linux kernel modules.
> b) Execute scripts to setup USB devices.
> .
> usbmgr is available under linux kernels having "/proc/bus/usb" and it is
> suitable for specific needs regarding USB devices.
> .
> This software was made for 2.4 kernels when USB support was inmature,
> for wider and modern support of plugable devices you may want to use
> hotplug by installing the udev package.
This should rather be removed directly, it's completely obsolete with Etch
and above.
Cheers,
Moritz
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