[arch-general] hcidump is missing?

[ProgAndy]

Am 09.03.2017 um 14:29 schrieb Peter Nabbefeld:
> Am 09.03.2017 um 13:38 schrieb ProgAndy:
>> Am 08.03.2017 um 16:34 schrieb Guus Snijders via arch-general:
>>> It looks like hcidump is no longer supported:
>>> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/bluetooth/bluez.git/commit/?id=b1eb2c4cd057624312e0412f6c4be000f7fc3617 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <quote> build: Hide deprecated tools under --enable-deprecated 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 maintained or have been replaced by other tools: hciattach hciconfig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 </quote>
>>>
>>> Though it is not very clear what can be used instead.
>>
>> I think the replacement for hcidump should be btmon (plus btsnoop?)
>> For the rest I think it is like this:
>> - hciattach seems to be replaced by btattach.
>> - hciconfig can probably be replaced by btmgmt nad maybe bluetoothctl.
>> - gatttool looks similar to btgatt-client.
>> - hcitool seems to be replaced by the dbus device api without any
>> commandline tool.
>> - rfcomm and ciptool seems to be missing, they probably want you to use
>> the dbus profile api.
>> - sdptool seems to be missing, you should probably use the different
>> dbus objects like the profile api, the advertising api, and the UUIDs
>> list in device api and adapter api.
>>
>> -- 
>> A.
>>
> Hello Andy,
>
> You seem to have a good knowledge about that - could You probably 
> update wiki pages?
>
> Regards
> P.
Hello Peter,
What I wrote is about the extent of my knowledge. I'll add it to the 
wiki, though.
I was looking for an rfcomm replacement, so I created a list of likely 
candidates for the deprecated tools. I never tried them and for the time 
being use rfcomm from the AUR: bluez-utils-compat

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A.