FS#28472 - kmod 5.2 : depmod moved to other location which may lead to unbootable system!!
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Opened by Marek Kozlowski (guayasil) - Thursday, 16 February 2012, 22:38 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 17 February 2012, 01:19 GMT
Opened by Marek Kozlowski (guayasil) - Thursday, 16 February 2012, 22:38 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 17 February 2012, 01:19 GMT
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Details
kmod 5.2: /sbin/depmod -> /usr/bin/depmod and no symlink
is created!
# pacman -fU some-older-kernel.pkg.tar.xz results in numerous errors: cp: cannot stat `./lib/modules/something-ARCH/kernel/drivers/something.ko': No such file or directory and finally -- unbootable system !! |
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Closed by Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Friday, 17 February 2012, 01:19 GMT
Reason for closing: Works for me
Additional comments about closing: nothing wrong with kmod 5-4
Friday, 17 February 2012, 01:19 GMT
Reason for closing: Works for me
Additional comments about closing: nothing wrong with kmod 5-4
$ bsdtar tvf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kmod-5-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz | grep depmod
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-15 19:03 sbin/depmod -> ../usr/bin/kmod
Regardless, depmod has little to do (read: nothing at all) with the physical installation of modules to the filesystem.