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SubjectRe: 2.6.0-test4-mm3
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:35:40 PDT, Andrew Morton said:

> Meanwhile, I'll alter Valdis's patch so that it warns, but does not fail
> the make.
>

I've sent Andrew an updated patch (attached) which issues a warning if the
final depmod actually fails. The user won't know there's a problem till the
very end of 'make modules_install', but at least it will give them a hint of
where to go for self-help.

--- Makefile.hold 2003-08-27 01:52:20.000000000 -0400
+++ Makefile 2003-08-29 11:52:15.542286300 -0400
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
RPM := $(shell if [ -x "/usr/bin/rpmbuild" ]; then echo rpmbuild; \
else echo rpm; fi)
GENKSYMS = scripts/genksyms/genksyms
-DEPMOD = /sbin/depmod
+DEPMOD = /sbin/depmod.old
KALLSYMS = scripts/kallsyms
PERL = perl
CHECK = sparse
@@ -612,7 +612,14 @@
endif
.PHONY: _modinst_post
_modinst_post: _modinst_
- if [ -r System.map ]; then $(DEPMOD) -ae -F System.map $(depmod_opts) $(KERNELRELEASE); fi
+ @if [ -r System.map ]; then \
+ if ! $(DEPMOD) -ae -F System.map $(depmod_opts) $(KERNELRELEASE) ; then \
+ echo "*** Depmod failed!!!"; \
+ echo "*** You may need to install a current version of module-init-tools"; \
+ echo "*** See http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/post-halloween-2.5.txt"; \
+ exit 1; \
+ fi \
+ fi

else # CONFIG_MODULES


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