Re: Problem with modutils in potato
On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 03:12:25PM +0200, Sabino Maggi wrote:
> Yesterday I have updated modutils from 2.3.9-3.1 to 2.3.11-1 (in potato),
> using dselect and the automatic upgrade selections.
>
> Today, I have noticed that /sbin/modprobe and all the other executables
> contained in the modutils package for slink (e.g., lsmod, insmod,
> modinfo) have disappeared from my system. Only the 4 executables contained
> in modutils_2.3.11-1.deb (genksyms, depmod, kerneld, update-modules)
> remain. This is obviously a big trouble.
>
> -- Is this a bug in modutils_2.3.11-1, or might have I done something
> wrong?
>
> -- I want to understand the upgrade mechanism. When one does a package
> update and the updated package does not contain some files which were
> previously present in the older package (as in this case), are these files
> first removed and then the newer files substituted to the older?
> I think so, otherwise all the file dependencies would break, I just want
> to be sure.
No, the package is broken. I am going to have it fixed soon, and post a
URL for it here.
Thanks,
Ben
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