Hi All
After recompiling the same kernel-version (2.6 flavor) I want to make sure that the previously installed modules of this same kernel-version in /lib/modules/<some-kernel-version>/ will not be overwritten by the newly compiled same kernel revision when installing it. Is this possible?
try:
$less /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz
It's a detailled explanation of how make-kpkg works (although my worthless opinion is that if you are only compiling a kernel for one machine there is not too much point to creating a debian package)
An extract which I think answers your question:
| If I may digress to talk about "--append-to-version", | "--append-to-version=bla" affects the name of the Debian package | itself, and also appends the append-to-version text to the kernel name | AND to the modules directory name when dpkg installs the kernel, so | this kernel will have its own set of modules, separate from the | modules used by the default kernel with the same version.
Anyway if you are paranoid you could always rename
/lib/modules/<version>
to: /lib/moduels/<version>.old
before installing your kernel package!HTH
-- Arnaud
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