• Bug#266127: module-init-tools: update-modules force does not work

    From Egon Willighagen@1:229/2 to All on Mon Aug 16 22:10:11 2004
    From: [email protected]

    Package: module-init-tools
    Version: 3.1-pre5-3
    Severity: normal


    When /etc/modules.conf is edited some packages will not upgrade
    properly. This file suggests to look at the manpage of update-modules.
    When this program is run to update the above file, it fails with this
    error:

    # update-modules
    Error: the current /etc/modules.conf is not automatically generated.
    Use "update-modules force" to force (re)generation.

    Trying the suggestion fails with:

    # update-modules force
    Error: the current /etc/modules.conf is not automatically generated.
    Use "update-modules force" to force (re)generation.

    However, the manpage mentions that update-modules simply calls update-modules.modutils:

    # update-modules.modutils
    Error: the current /etc/modules.conf is not automatically generated.
    Use "update-modules force" to force (re)generation.

    And

    # update-modules.modutils force
    Error: the current /etc/modules.conf is not automatically generated.
    force specified, (re)generating file anyway.

    So, either:

    1. the update-modules wrapper script should pass the parameter options
    2. the error warning should state:

    Error: the current /etc/modules.conf is not automatically generated.
    Use "update-modules.modutils force" to force (re)generation.

    Egon


    -- System Information:
    Debian Release: 3.1
    APT prefers testing
    APT policy: (990, 'testing')
    Architecture: i386 (i686)
    Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-k7
    Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

    Versions of packages module-init-tools depends on:
    ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    an

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