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Bug#385454: [Pkg-mythtv-maintainers] Bug#385454: ivtv-source: package pr

Subject: Bug#385454: [Pkg-mythtv-maintainers] Bug#385454: ivtv-source: package provides several unwanted /lib/modules/$KERNEL/modules-files
From: Michael Prokop
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:20:14 +0200
Newsgroups: linux.debian.bugs.dist
* Ian Campbell <ijc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [20060831 15:55]:
> On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:27 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:

> > > I only tested with m-a against a Debian kernel package. I'll try against
> > > a self built kernel now.

> >From the looks of the log this is the cause.

> The kernel.org build system does depmod after install but the
> linux-headers package supplied by Debian doesn't. The depmod creates
> those extra files and the package blindly includes them.

Thanks for clarification.

> Are you in a position to try this simple patch as a fix? If it works
> I'll roll a new package tonight and request an upload from my sponsor.

Sure.

> Index: debian/rules
> ===================================================================
> --- debian/rules      (revision 108)
> +++ debian/rules      (working copy)
> @@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
>       $(KMAKE) -C i2c-drivers
>       $(KMAKE) -C driver install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/$(PKGNAME)
>       $(KMAKE) -C i2c-drivers install DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/$(PKGNAME)
> +     rm debian/$(PKGNAME)/lib/modules/*/modules.*
>       dh_installmodules 
>       dh_installdocs
>       dh_installchangelogs

(Maybe run 'rm -f' to make sure it does not fail if the files aren't
present at all?)

Tested it, works as expected, solves the problem. Thanks.

regards,
-mika-
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