Bug 426992

Summary:	sys-kernel/gentoo-sources: Include patch to not hardcode modprobe and depmod into /sbin
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) <ssuominen>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	hsggebhardt, kernel-misc, nikoli, tetromino
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	416223

Description Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-07-17 12:40:48 UTC

depmod bug 426698, modprobe ...

kmod ebuild is currently:

        if use tools; then
                local cmd
                for cmd in insmod lsmod modinfo rmmod; do
                        dosym kmod /usr/bin/${cmd}
                done
                # according to upstream, modprobe can be called directly by the kernel,
                # so it cannot be moved to /usr/bin at this time.
                dosym /usr/bin/kmod /sbin/modprobe
                # another hardcoded path in the Linux source tree, bug #426698
                dosym /usr/bin/kmod /sbin/depmod
        fi

so in order to drop the hacks from kmod, can we patch gentoo-sources to just search the commands in the $PATH?

Comment 1 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-07-17 18:45:47 UTC

This patch should go upstream, not (just) to gentoo-sources.

Lots of people build their kernels from git, and failure to run depmod can often result in an unbootable system.

Comment 2 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-04-12 16:01:45 UTC

Please report this upstream if you haven't already done so, CC kernel@gentoo.org and kernel-misc@gentoo.org and put the upstream link in the URL field. Thank you in advance.