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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] modules-load restart
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 22:32:08
Message-Id: 20170318223144.17e0e31f@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] modules-load restart by David W Noon
1 On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:28:27 +0000, David W Noon wrote:
2
3 > > cat /etc/conf.d/modules
4 > > modules="vboxdrv vboxnetflt vboxnetadp vboxpci"
5 > > modules="it87"
6 >
7 > The above syntax is incorrect.
8 >
9 > To use multiple lines, you need to re-interpolate the modules variable,
10 > thus:
11 >
12 > modules="vboxdrv vboxnetflt vboxnetadp vboxpci"
13 > modules="${modules} it87"
14 >
15 > Otherwise the second assignment deletes the module list from the first
16 > assignment.
17
18 If that were true, it87 would be the only module loaded, not the only
19 module not loaded.
20
21 The comments in the file show multiple module definitions without
22 explicitly adding the previous values.
23
24
25 --
26 Neil Bothwick
27
28 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
29 temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
30 Benjamin Franklin

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] modules-load restart David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com>
[gentoo-user] Re: modules-load restart Kai Krakow <hurikhan77@×××××.com>