Bug#518412: linux-2.6 install errors due to incompatible depmod files [was Re: Bug#518412: initramfs-tools: must support relative paths in modules.dep ]

2009-03-20 Thread Jon Masters
On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 12:05 +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Mar 20, Scott James Remnant wrote: > > > Doesn't Debian run depmod in the postinst of the kernel package - and > > iirc, again on boot anyway? > Not anymore on boot, but I can't see why depmod should NOT being run > when the kernel is in

Bug#518412: linux-2.6 install errors due to incompatible depmod files [was Re: Bug#518412: initramfs-tools: must support relative paths in modules.dep ]

2009-03-19 Thread Jon Masters
On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 23:58 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > I guess it's called progress ;) Sarcasm aside, if you can give me an > > example of an actual real life set of users who are adversely affected > > then I'll try to do something to help out. But if you're asking for old > > versions of softwa

Bug#518412: linux-2.6 install errors due to incompatible depmod files [was Re: Bug#518412: initramfs-tools: must support relative paths in modules.dep ]

2009-03-19 Thread Jon Masters
On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 23:09 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 19 March 2009, Jon Masters wrote: > > Yes, it was a bad idea of > > mine (perhaps) to change the existing file format and I've learned > > something, but it should only have affected for example that 3.

Bug#518412: linux-2.6 install errors due to incompatible depmod files [was Re: Bug#518412: initramfs-tools: must support relative paths in modules.dep ]

2009-03-19 Thread Jon Masters
On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 21:57 +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > Because the old modprobe does not understand the new relative (or rather > rootless) paths, aggravated by the fact that initramfs-tools does not > error out or display errors from modprobe (probably for good historic > reasons), I suddenly h

Bug#518412: linux-2.6 install errors due to incompatible depmod files [was Re: Bug#518412: initramfs-tools: must support relative paths in modules.dep ]

2009-03-19 Thread Jon Masters
On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 21:13 +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > [ adding jcm and lkml to Cc: ] [ You want linux-modu...@vger.kernel.org rather than LKML. I've added the former to the CC list, we can kill LKML off the CC shortly. ] > > That would mean that m-i-t has created a backwards incompatibili