-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jurzitza, Dieter schrieb: > Dear listmembers, > after a longer absence from upgrading I decided to test openSUSE 10.2 after > it had had been released. Performing the latest kernel update an IMHO unlucky > modification in the name distribution popped up that I would like to discuss. > > The directory /lib/modules/2.6.18.2-34 is remaining after kernel update to > 2.6.18.8 and a part of the modules are linked into a corresponding path > within 2.6.18.8 from there. > > IMHO this is a very ugly way to do things. If there are modules that are > *not* kernel specific the corresponding directory should be called different. > > Why keep a reference to a kernel that is actually no reference to this > specific kernel? IMHO this > directory should be named in such a way that it is easy to understand that > the modules contained within it are to a certain degree version independent, > such as > > /lib/modules/2.6.18-persistent > > or whatsoever. Keeping the old name is a poor and irritating choice.
Usually I remove old subdirectories in /lib/modules after checking what orphaned modules have been left. Now this task is more difficult. For someone who doesn't known that there are links into the old modules subdir it may be dangerous, because some modules will be lost. How about copying modules from the old modules dir into the new one instead of linking to it? Cheers Herbert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF/5x6Se+WTxvk2J4RAiLoAJ9AhktU72u8ioHWgac4yv9YklnNbACePSur mgeuYMyZPPfAmM8d86fDR/0= =kXn2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
