Messages in this thread | | | From | "Adam J. Richter" <> | Date | Thu, 4 Feb 1999 10:05:24 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: A module bug in 2.2.1? |
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>> As >> > the purpose of the shell is to invoke insmod on unix.o (modprobe uses >> > system() to facilitate shell expansion of entries from modules.conf), the >> > module is finally inserted and processing continues.
>I don't know the modutils package, but if as you write the sole >purpose of using the shell is to use the shell expansion there is a >better way: wordexp. Also new in glibc 2.1.
Why not glob(3)?
I think it is important that modutils not be dependent on glibc2, because the legal problems with glibc2/libio may force Yggdrasil to switch back to libc5.
Anyhow, there are many ways to solve this either in modutils or in a system's boot scripts, and getting the shell out of modprobe will make it run faster anyhow. As long as executing an arbitrary binary does not always cause the loading of a module, it is not a C library issue.
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