On Thu, 25 May 2006, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On May 24, Reid Priedhorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, does anybody mind if I remove depmod from the module-init-tools init > > > script? > > What would happen to people who don't use the Debian kernel packages? In > "make install" already runs depmod. > > > my ideal world, there would still be the option of running depmod at boot; > > at the very least, I'd like to see a NEWS item explaining what to do if > > you don't use the Debian kernel packages.
> I object to explaining what has been obvious since kernel modules > existed: after you install one you must run depmod. In Debian, up until the removal of on-boot depmod, you did NOT have to run depmod. This is a fact, plain and simple. The fact that this does not hold true elsewhere doesn't matter, and the fact that our own packaged kernels do it transparently only causes the issue to be ignored by even more Debian users. You are changing something that users *can* and IMHO [some of them] will probably be bitten by (note: I am *not* against the change), so please add an entry to NEWS.Debian. An one-line warning that depmod is not run on boot anymore is enough, and would be appreciated. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
