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Apparently, though unproven, at 02:11 on Tuesday 17 May 2011, Valmor de |
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Almeida did opine thusly: |
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> Hello, |
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> After a recent sync, I ended up with these two modules |
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> /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/misc/vboxdrv.ko |
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> /lib64/modules/2.6.37-gentoo-r4/misc/vboxdrv.ko |
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> |
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> and others too. I expected the directory for the older kernel to be |
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> removed. Is this the case? Virtualbox was re-emerged after the sync |
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> therefore the modules for the newer kernel were created. The current |
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> kernel is 2.6.37-gentoo-r4 (and it is the only one on my system). Should |
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> the directory /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/ still exist? |
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This is basic Linux stuff. |
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There is a /lib/modules/xxxx for each installed kernel binary. |
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Portage will never remove them as portage did not install them, they are |
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installed by the "make modules_install" target of the kernel build process, |
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which you always run manually outside of portage's control. |
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The vbox modules are also in those directories under misc/ but this comes with |
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a quirk. They are usually built by remerging virtualbox-modules or running |
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module-rebuild. Unlike most other ebuilds, these do not delete everything from |
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the last emerge and replace all files (you will still need all installed |
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modules for any installed kernels you still have). So, portage simply does not |
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remove things from /lib/modules/ |
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In other words, what you have is exactly what you should have and things as |
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working as designed. To remove anything in /lib/modules, you must manually rm |
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them yourself. |
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Incidentally, the same goes for the various kernel files in /boot/. |
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> Thanks, |
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> -- |
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> Valmor |
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> -> locate vbox* | grep modules |
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> /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/misc/vboxdrv.ko |
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> /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/misc/vboxnetadp.ko |
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> /lib64/modules/2.6.36-gentoo-r5/misc/vboxnetflt.ko |
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> /lib64/modules/2.6.37-gentoo-r4/misc/vboxdrv.ko |
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> /lib64/modules/2.6.37-gentoo-r4/misc/vboxnetadp.ko |
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> /lib64/modules/2.6.37-gentoo-r4/misc/vboxnetflt.ko |
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> |
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> -> equery list gentoo-sources |
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> [ Searching for package 'gentoo-sources' in all categories among: ] |
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> * installed packages |
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> [I--] [ ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.37-r4 (2.6.37-r4) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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