Package: module-init-tools
Version: 3.3-pre4-2
The definition of the alias command man modprobe.d(5) is
alias wildcard modulename
I believe this is backwards, and given the usage of the word "wildcard",
confusing.
"Wildcard" already has a meaning in most system documentation. It is used
in this more generally understood sense in the description of the alias
command that follows immediately after the definition. I believe the use of
the term should thus be avoided in the definition.
As to the order of the terms in the definition, they seem to contradict how
the command is used in the various files in the directory /etc/modprobe.d/.
For example, "alias net-pf-1 unix" is taken from the aliases file in that
directory.
Therefore, as a more readily understood command definition I would propose
alias real_modulename simple_name
Modifications should also then be made to the command description which
follows the definition. In the second sentence, the example should be
changed from "alias my-mod really_long_modulename" to "alias
really_long_modulename my-mod". The wildcard example in the following
sentence would also need to be changed: "alias really_long_modulename
my-mod*".
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