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Packaging debs: module-init-tools

I've compiled module-init-tools-3.3-pre1 for OS2008, mainly because I wanted a working modprobe. I've created a .deb, but I have to install it with dpkg --force-conflicts due to the conflicts with busybox.

Is there a way to create the control file so dpkg or apt does this automatically?

Re: Packaging debs: module-init-tools

Not that I know of. The control file fields are described here: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-pol...rolfields.html

A workaround could be to install the conflicting files in /usr/local, and set /usr/local/{bin,sbin} first in the PATH in your .profile file.

Another workaround could be to call your file modprobe.new, and include a post-inst script which renames the old one and either symlinks or renames the new one (symlink is probably better), and a postrm (or prerm) script which does the opposite.

(BTW I though the reason modprobe (the installed one) didn't work was because of a missing depmod? Which, IIRC, needs Perl to work? Something like that?)

Re: Packaging debs: module-init-tools

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Originally Posted by TA-t3 (Post 105181)

Not that I know of. The control file fields are described here: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-pol...rolfields.html

(BTW I though the reason modprobe (the installed one) didn't work was because of a missing depmod? Which, IIRC, needs Perl to work? Something like that?)

Thanks for the reply. I've played with post* scripts, but I was hoping for some magic control file-fu I hadn't stumbled across :)

I wasn't aware of any perl dependency, but thus far, it all works well. I experimented with nfs and smbfs. An initial depmod was required for modules.dep creation.

Code:

root@Nokia-N800-44-4 /root # modprobe nfs

root@Nokia-N800-44-4 /root # modprobe smbfs

root@Nokia-N800-44-4 /root # lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

smbfs 64092 0 - Live 0xbf0a8000

nfs 122464 0 - Live 0xbf089000

lockd 63992 1 nfs, Live 0xbf078000

sunrpc 158648 2 nfs,lockd, Live 0xbf050000

ext3 107304 2 - Live 0xbf0d2000

jbd 51592 1 ext3, Live 0xbf0c4000

mbcache 7108 1 ext3, Live 0xbf0c1000

g_file_storage 27560 0 - Live 0xbf0b9000

cx3110x 56200 0 - Live 0xbf041000

umac 258788 1 cx3110x, Live 0xbf000000 (P)

The tools live in /usr/sbin.