Joey Hess wrote:
Marco d'Itri wrote:
If we can agree that it's not needed anymore (i.e. mandate by policy
that packages need to run depmod on their own) then I will be happy to
remove it from the m-i-t init script.
A while back Debian would only run depmod on boot if it
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 07:21:33PM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote:
> Continuing on the goal of optimizing boot time, quite a number of
> seconds (specially in old machines) can be saved by not running depmod
> at boot time.
>
> Currently it is run by these packages' postinst:
Wouldn't it be a g
On May 19, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marco d'Itri wrote:
> > I think because depmod --quick is supposed to be about as fast as find.
> YM as fast as test -nt? Doesn't seem to be on a dry cache.
No, I really meant as fast as find. Which other test do you suggest?
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Marco d'Itri wrote:
> I think because depmod --quick is supposed to be about as fast as find.
YM as fast as test -nt? Doesn't seem to be on a dry cache.
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Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think one of the issues here is that it depends on what kernel you
> currently use, and iirc there can be a situation where one does not
> want to run depmod at installation time, or when that might give wrong
> results.
That used to be the ca
On May 19, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A while back Debian would only run depmod on boot if it had not been run
> before since the last kernel upgrade. Could you refresh my memory about
> why that optimisation was dropped?
I think because depmod --quick is supposed to be about as fast a
Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> I think one of the issues here is that it depends on what kernel you
> currently use, and iirc there can be a situation where one does not
> want to run depmod at installation time, or when that might give wrong
> results.
FWIW, d-i currently runs depmod at image bui
Margarita Manterola wrote:
> Currently it is run by these packages' postinst:
> * kernel/linux-image-*
This takes care to run depmod -F ,
which should make the depmod work even though that kernel isn't running yet.
> * pwc-modules-*
> * ndiswrapper-modules-*
> * linux-wlan-ng-modules-*
> * spca5
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 07:21:33PM -0300, Margarita Manterola wrote:
> Continuing on the goal of optimizing boot time, quite a number of
> seconds (specially in old machines) can be saved by not running depmod
> at boot time.
>
> Currently it is run by these packages' postinst:
> * [long list]
>
Marco d'Itri wrote:
> If we can agree that it's not needed anymore (i.e. mandate by policy
> that packages need to run depmod on their own) then I will be happy to
> remove it from the m-i-t init script.
A while back Debian would only run depmod on boot if it had not been run
before since the last
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 07:21:33PM -0300, Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Continuing on the goal of optimizing boot time, quite a number of
> seconds (specially in old machines) can be saved by not running depmod
> at boot time.
(...)
> It looks like it's quite safe to stop runnin
On May 19, Margarita Manterola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Continuing on the goal of optimizing boot time, quite a number of
> seconds (specially in old machines) can be saved by not running depmod
> at boot time.
If we can agree that it's not needed anymore (i.e. mandate by policy
that packages
Continuing on the goal of optimizing boot time, quite a number of
seconds (specially in old machines) can be saved by not running depmod
at boot time.
Currently it is run by these packages' postinst:
* kernel/linux-image-*
* module-init-tools
* powermgt-base
* zaptel
* lirc
* toshutils
* thinkpad
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