Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:35:40 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test4-mm3 |
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Boszormenyi Zoltan <zboszor@freemail.hu> wrote: > > I tried to "make modules_install" on the compiled tree. > It says: > > # make modules_install > Install a current version of module-init-tools > See http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt > make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1 > > But I have installed it! It's called modutils-2.4.25-8 > (was -5 previously) from RH rawhide, it works on older > (2.6.0-test4-mm1) kernels. > This modutils is united with module-init-tools-0.9.12, > it reports version 2.4.25 but detects newer kernels and uses > the new module interface.
Tricky.
It's wrong of the Red Hat package to misidentify itself in this manner.
It would sort-of make sense for `depmod -V' to autodetect the kernel version and print either "modutils" or "module-init-utils". But that's not accurate either: a `make modules_install' would fail when performed under a 2.4 kernel.
So yes, I think that your patch to RH modutils+module-init-tools is the best approach: after all, it tells the truth.
Meanwhile, I'll alter Valdis's patch so that it warns, but does not fail the make.
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