Package: module-init-tools Version: 3.2-pre1-2 Severity: normal Modprobe seems to include all files found in /etc/modprobe.d, maybe except specials like *.dpkg-dist.
This is a problem if a user changes a file and wants to keep a backup copy. He probably would not call it `something.dpkg-dist'. It seems that the patch excluding dpkg-names initially allowed only /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, but this was changed because some special file was needed in some cases. I think the old way is right and the new way is wrong. The namespace rule should be positive like "anything alphanumeric or ending with .modconf", not negative like "everything except SomeEditor's backups and SomeVCS metadata". Any special name can be symlinked or include'd if necessary. And it would be nice to have the behavior documented somewhere. A `README.renaming' file in /etc/modprobe.d could prevent confusion, but alas, modprobe would think it's configuraton. :) -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-s1 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R (charmap=KOI8-R) Versions of packages module-init-tools depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
