[repo-coord] Re: overriding kernel modules on 2.6.x

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net
Fri Jun 18 12:02:43 CEST 2004


On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 11:02:27AM +0200, Matthias Saou wrote:
> Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote :
> > Has anyone else noticed that is not possible to override kernel modules
> > reliably on 2.6.x/FC2? The new module-init-tools depmod does not have
> > the option of specifying search directories and it just recurses (in
> > readdir order) through the directories in /lib/modules/`uname -r`. 

> Thomas patched modutils in order to get the old behavior of having
> modules in "updates" take priority again. There is also an open
> bugzilla.redhat.com bug to which he attached his patch...
> 
> http://thomas.apestaart.org/download/pkg/fedora-2-i386-fedora-stable/modutils-2.4.26-16.fdr.2.2/

Thanks Thomas, Fernando and Matthias. Just for reference the bug is
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125990
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Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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