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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:42:54 -0600 |
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Paul Varner <gentoo-dev@××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> [Also posted to gentoo-user and forum] |
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> In order to scratch an itch that I've been having with either a new |
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> kernel install or a recompilation of a kernel with a new config and |
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> forgetting packages that installed kernel modules, I've created |
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> kernelmod-rebuild to assist in the process of rebuilding packages. |
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> This script is based on revdep-rebuild (i.e. I started with it and |
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> changed it to do what I want) but instead of looking for broken |
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> library dependencies, it looks for packages that have installed kernel |
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> modules. |
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> What this script does is locate the packages that have installed |
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> modules into /lib/modules, determines which ebuilds to rebuild based |
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> on that list and rebuilds them. |
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> What this script doesn't do is locate the packages such as vmware that |
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> installed modules outside of the emerge process (since portage is |
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> unaware of those modules). Unfortunately, you will still have to |
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> remember to rerun the configuration process for those packages. |
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> Here is the usage statement from the script |
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> garath root # kernelmod-rebuild --help |
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> Usage: /usr/bin/kernelmod-rebuild [OPTIONS] [--] [EMERGE_OPTIONS] |
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> Rebuild packages that have installed kernel modules |
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> -X, --package-names recompile based on package names, not exact |
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> versions-q, --quiet be less verbose |
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> Calls emerge, all other options are used for it (e. g. -p, --pretend). |
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> Here is a sample run of the script on my system: |
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> garath root # kernelmod-rebuild --package-names --quiet --pretend |
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> --verbose |
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> Finding packages which install kernel modules... |
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> Packages will be recompiled. |
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> Collecting list of packages to rebuild... done. |
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> Cleaning list of packages to rebuild... done. |
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> Evaluating package order... done. |
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> All prepared. Starting rebuild... |
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> These are the packages that I would merge, in order: |
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> Calculating dependencies ...done! |
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> [ebuild R ] media-sound/alsa-driver-0.9.8 -oss |
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> [ebuild R ] media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.4496-r3 |
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mhmm.. |
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pyrania@powerix pyrania $ qpkg -f /lib/modules |
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media-libs/svgalib * |
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media-video/nvidia-kernel * |
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sys-apps/i2c * |
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x11-base/xfree-drm * |
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-- |
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Markus Nigbur |
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