218337 – x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-169.09-r1 | unmerge does not remove nvidia.ko

Bug 218337 - x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-169.09-r1 | unmerge does not remove nvidia.ko

Summary: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-169.09-r1 | unmerge does not remove nvidia.ko

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High minor
Assignee:	Doug Goldstein (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2008-04-18 21:47 UTC by Christian Franke
Modified:	2008-04-19 18:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Christian Franke 2008-04-18 21:47:58 UTC

"emerge --unmerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers" left behind /lib/modules/<kernelver>/video/nvidia.ko" (The module was _not_ loaded)

Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
Probably:
1. emerge --unmerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
2. emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers # Will most likely complain about collision

Comment 1 Vlastimil Babka (Caster) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-04-19 14:04:04 UTC

That's how CONFIG_PROTECT works. Mainly because if you remerge it for a new kernel version, it won't remove it from the old version.