also sprach Guy Geens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.05.1433 +0100]: > If you install the same kernel version several times, kernel-package > tries to move the old modules out of the way. (The installation script > should ask you whether you want that.) > > (Normally, I don't use that option and delete the modules directory > manually.)
c.f. bug 126856 this happens when i install pcmcia-modules-3.1.29-2.4.17+fishbowl_1.1-i386.deb with pcmcia-modules-3.1.29-2.4.17+fishbowl_1.0-i386.deb for instance. this deinstalls the old package and installs the new one, which doesn't really give it an excuse for leaving orphan files on the system. the problem is that even the *new* modules directory, aside from *not* installing into the kernel modules directory (actually, the kernel not installing into /lib/modules/`uname -r`+$flavour as it should), is of the form quoted in the subject line, and already orphaned by the time that the postinst script finishes. this, i consider a pretty serious bug. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] micros~1: for when quality, reliability, and security just aren't that important!
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