On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 10:35:22PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > Hi debian-kernel folks, > > I'm trying to modify the package zaptel-source (generated from source > package zaptel). That package is used to build a kernel modules package > called zaptel-modules-<kernel-version> (zaptel-modules hence forth). > > Currently the package zaptel-source has a postinst script that runs: > > if [ "`uname -r`" = "_KVERS_" ]; > depmod -a & > fi > > That script is probably useless for the source package itself, as it has > no kernel modules itself, and the kernel version at the time of its > install is irrelevant to the kernel that will be built later. I moved it > to the postinst script of the gemnerated zaptel-modules package (I > fogure that an appropriate postrm script should be added). > > However I noticed an error in a script that installed that package. I > noticed that this script runs: > > apt-get install zaptel-modules-$kernel > depmod -a > > The error message was from depmod, because the two runs of depmod > aparantly colided. The manual install of depmod could be removed. But > what would have hapanned had I run: > > > apt-get install zaptel-modules-$kernel other-modules-$kernel > > and the package other-modules-$kernel had the same script? Any chance > the same error would occour? > > So what should I do: > > 1. Drop that postinst script. Require more work from the installer > > 2. Keep the script as-is > > 3. run 'depmod -a' with no '&' instead, and possibly further delay > installation?
I'd choose option 3. -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
