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On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 09:56, Gert Menke wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 06:49:07AM +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote: |
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> > On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 22:17, Gert Menke wrote: |
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> > > I tried to figure out what this is for, but I seem to be missing something. |
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> > > It seems to do nothing but to copy stuff from /etc/modules.d to |
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> > > /etc/modules.conf and then run depmod -a. |
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> > > What's the point in copying instead of using include? |
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> > just add whatever you need to a file in /etc/modules.d/ |
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> > than after running: |
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> > # update-modules |
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> > it will include those in /etc/modules.conf |
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> Yes, I know that, but why are they _copied_ into modules.conf? They can be |
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> included. modules.conf allows you to use the "include" statement. |
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> I don't know if it acceps wildcards though. |
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> However, if it does, there is no need for update-modules any more. |
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> Just add "include /etc/modules.d/*" to /etc/modules.conf and run "depmod -a" |
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> whenever you would have run update-modules. |
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I am guessing it was the easiest at the time, or back then |
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there was no include feature ? |
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> Greetings |
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> Gert |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |