On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 07:27:22PM +0200, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote:
Hi,
A Mennucc ha scritto:
correctly sets the dpkg-diversion for an existing module
What's the purpose of this patch? By default dkms install the module in
/lib/modules/kernelversion/updates/dkms (see
A Mennucc ha scritto:
moreover, AFAICS, dkms (the upstream version) goes to great length to mv
away the old module when it installs a new module. There is a lot of
code to do that.
Yes, but my last patch removes that code.
Cheers,
Giuseppe.
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:27:54PM +0200, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote:
Could you point me a DKMS package that updates an in-tree module? I would like
to test the dpkg-divert patch.
hi,
the modules that I know come from
http://ppa.launchpad.net/mactel-support/ubuntu/pool/main/
and they do delete a
hi,
I downloaded git://git.debian.org/git/users/hanska-guest/dkms.git
and built the Debian package dkmg 2.0.22.0-1
so that I can help in fixing this problem
I am though a bit puzzled by the behaviour of the purpose
of the code, in particular, around line 1235, at
what is the need for
hi,
this patch against 2.0.22.0-1
correctly sets the dpkg-diversion for an existing module
but I still could not write some code that would
remove the diversion on module removal
a.
--- /usr/sbin/dkms-2.0.22.0 2009-06-07 16:05:22.0 +0200
+++ /usr/sbin/dkms 2009-06-07
Hi,
A Mennucc ha scritto:
correctly sets the dpkg-diversion for an existing module
What's the purpose of this patch? By default dkms install the module in
/lib/modules/kernelversion/updates/dkms (see override_dest_module_location()
), why we need to divert the old one?
Cheers,
Giuseppe.
Hi,
A Mennucc ha scritto:
when dkms installs, it may override an existing kernel module
by a new one. To this end, dkms moves away the old module using 'mv'
But this breaks if the kernel is upated/reinstalled (as for example
after the recent security updates).
There is though a more
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