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SubjectRe: 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.
>

This also breaks STP. We installed module-init-tools using the 'moveold'
method,
so we can still run 2.4.
Our depmod is in /usr/local/sbin.
Using /sbin/depmod hoses us. Using PATH works for us.

[root@stp1-002 linux]# depmod -V
module-init-tools 0.9.12

[root@stp1-002 linux]# /sbin/depmod -V
depmod version 2.4.22

[root@stp1-002 linux]# /usr/local/sbin/depmod -V
module-init-tools 0.9.12

Please send patch, we'll get some tests moving.
cliffw

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