On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 04:51:23PM +0800, Abel Cheung wrote: > On 2003-07-16(Wed) 15:27:40 +0200, Christian Bricart wrote: > > btw: "module-init-tools" (which is a requirement for 2.6 Kernel) already > > made it into Cooker. Why is there still the "modutils"-package ..? > > According to the docs (<linux-2.6-source>/Documentation/Changes) > > "module-init-tools" ought to be backward compatible with "modutils".. > > Hmmm, does 'ought to be' currently mean it really does?
quoting from Documentation/Changes: [..] Module-Init-Tools -------- A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires module-init-tools to use. It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels. [..] Christian -- "Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." - Linus Torvalds
