This functionality is (mostly) obsoleted by the newer
GLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED and GLIB_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED defines. With
this, your build doesn't all of a sudden blow up if we deprecate
something in GLib - you have to explicitly opt-in to the newer
version.
G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED does still apply for macros and things that can't
take __attribute__((deprecated)), but it's not really worth the pain
and cargo culting around just for that.
Finding out interface type from interface name string is fragile. It is easily
broken, e.g. by biosdevname changing interface names to em<n> or p<n>*p<n>.
Sadly, Gentoo network configuration scripts are rather stupid, using format:
variable_${interface|mac|essid|apmac}.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2007.0/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#book_part4_chap2
The entries interface|mac|essid|apmac are basically indistinguishable. It's not
possible to say whether 'p1p1' is an interface or SSID, for example.
Fix the current behaviour a bit by checking whether the string is an interface.
If so, and it is not a Wi-Fi one, set the connection type as wired. Else it is
regarded as wireless.
