Package: module-init-tools Version: 3.12-1 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line ***
Multiple issues: First issue: The manual page for modules(5) makes the claim that "The /etc/modules file contains the names of kernel modules that are to be loaded at boot time, one per line." while the /etc/init.d/module-init-tools script actually attempts to execute the lines in /etc/modules as commands launched from the shell. Second issue: Consider the pathological case that you put a module name in /etc/modules and then a system update adds a command to a $PATH directory such as /bin or /sbin with the same name as the module. At system boot time the /etc/init.d/module-init-tools script will no longer load the module, instead it will just run a command unrelated to loading the module. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages module-init-tools depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip module-init-tools recommends no packages. module-init-tools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
