Hello, I use arch linux and noticed that the wiki states that some tools such as hciconfig are deprecated:[1] ### begin_quote Some tools such as hcitool and hciconfig have been deprecated upstream, and are no longer included in bluez-utils. Since these tools will no longer be updated, it is recommended that scripts be updated to avoid using them. If you still desire to use them, install bluez-utils-compat. See FS#53110 and the Bluez mailing list for more information. [2] [3] ### end_quote The bluez mailing list post is for a patch with the following heading: ### begin_quote This marks the following tools as deprecated as they are not longer maintained or have been replaced by other tools: hciattach hciconfig hcitool hcidump rfcomm sdptool ciptool gatttool ### end_quote Is there a source of clarification on which of these tools is simply "not [no?] longer maintained" vs. "replaced"? I don't auto-enable BT on my computer and I'd like to switch to whatever I should be using if for no other reason than the news is fresh now. Perhaps in a year this method will be completely obsolete; by then I'll have forgotten all about this and wonder what's wrong. I'd be happy to update the arch wiki to point to any new information provided. For what it's worth, I think the information would be relevant in a widely accessible place (the official bluez site in my opinion); this question has already popped up in various places. [4] [5] [6] [7] Many thanks, John [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/bluetooth [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53110 [3] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-bluetooth/msg69239.html [4] https://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg166798.html [5] https://github.com/chrippa/ds4drv/issues/123 [6] https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/352494 [7] https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/5x9yle -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
