Arch Linux

Summary and Info:

Arch updated my Kernel from 4.8.8-1-ARCH (which I am running) to 4.8.8-2-ARCH (which is on the disk)

After installing ntfs-3g, the mount failed because

# mount /mnt/winC/
modprobe: FATAL: Module fuse not found in directory /lib/modules/4.8.8-1-ARCH
fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first

As there is only a /lib/modules/4.8.8-2 present, I fixed the issue with

/lib/modules
# ln -s 4.8.8-2-ARCH/ 4.8.8-1-ARCH

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Nov 18 09:53 4.8.8-1-ARCH -> 4.8.8-2-ARCH/
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 18 00:03 4.8.8-2-ARCH
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 18 00:03 extramodules-4.8-ARCH

# modprobe fuse
# mount /mnt/winC/

-> OK!

Steps to Reproduce:

1) run Kernel 4.8.8-1
2) pacman -Syu (installs 4.8.8-2)
3) do not reboot
4) install ntfs-3g (which fetches also fuse)


Proposal:

The problem may be a bug in the fuse package not recognizing correctly what is on the disk, but just assuming information from what kernel is running. Still,

when installing a new Kernel, if the version difference is only a patchlevel, provide this symbolic link.
While not being a "fix", it alleviates these kind of problems without much compatibility risk.

Basically the linux kernel install/update script could set and clean those "compatibility links".
IMHO this functionality would add to user convenience.