Thanks, Todd!

Yes, I only use this node to do some tests only, not for production. I
do not have a plan to upgrade it yet, after the test, the node will be
reformatted.

Do the newer Fedoras still have the "weak-modules" issue, or has it
been fixed? Just want to raise this issue to the community.

Best,

Feng

On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM Todd Zullinger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Feng Zhang wrote:
> > The recent Fedora versions have removed the script of
> > "/usr/sbin/weak-modules" from the "kmod" package. On my
> > Fedora 39, I found that the rpm tool:
> > /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/kmodtool,  from  package
> > kernel-rpm-macros-205-20.fc39.noarch, still calls
> > /"usr/sbin/weak-modules". E.g.:
>
> Support for Fedora 39 ended nearly a year ago.  No issues
> with it will be fixed.  If you're still running it, you
> really have larger problems than the missing weak-modules
> script.  There will be many, many security isses that are
> unpatched.
>
> > I could use "--nodeps" to ignore this error to forcibly
> > install.  While I wonder is there any reason to keep the
> > "kmodtool" work like that? Or if there's a way to install
> > "/usr/sbin/weak-modules" ?
>
> You could copy it from a backup or from the old kmod source
> before it was removed.
>
> You really should upgrade your system to a supported
> release.  Support for Fedora 40 ended last May and support
> for Fedora 41 will end in a few weeks.
>
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> Todd
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