Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Oct 99 21:44 MET DST | From | (Hans-Joachim Baader) | Subject | Re: Name change for /etc/conf.modules |
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In article <19991008015949.27427.qmail@mail.ocs.com.au> you write:
>Obviously this has to be a gradual changeover to allow users, >distributions and other packages that refer to conf.modules to convert >to the standard name.
Why? Renaming conf.modules to modules.conf ist trivial, so why make so much effort (and code) about it?
I'd omit the following:
>Starting with modutils-2.3.4, it will :- > >(a) Try to read from modules.conf first. This is inconsistent with 2.2 > and earlier versions of 2.3 but it is consistent with modutils-2.1 > which is the only version on most distributions. > >(b) If modules.conf does not exist, read conf.modules. Issue a warning > message recommending that it be renamed to modules.conf. modules > will load. > >(c) If both files exist and conf.modules is not a hard link or symlink > to modules.conf, issue a warning message that tells the user which > file was read and recommends the removal of conf.modules. modules > will load. > >(d) If neither file exists, use the builtin default list.
and do just this right now:
>Starting with modutils-2.5.0 (created when kernel 2.5 is released), it >will :- > >(a) Only read from modules.conf. > >(b) If modules.conf does not exist but conf.modules does exist then > issue an error message requiring that conf.modules be renamed to > modules.conf. Modules will not load. > >(c) If both files exist, issue an error message requiring the user to > put all the data in modules.conf and erase conf.modules. It does > not matter if conf.modules is a link, it must be removed. Modules > will not load. > >(d) If neither file exists, use the builtin default list.
Regards, hjb -- You feel strangely lucky... http://hjb-net.de/ - Linux help and links
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