Bug 104342

Summary:	media-lib/svgalib 1.9.21 module gets installed to new location
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Rob Terhaar <rterhaar>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Bug Wranglers and Kernel Maintainers <kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	vapier
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Rob Terhaar 2005-08-30 23:40:46 UTC

In testing out media-lib/svgalib 1.9.21 i noticed that the svgalib_helper module
from 1.9.19 kept getting loaded and not the new 1.9.21. Although i did an emerge
-C svgalib to remove my old 1.9.19 version, the module didn't get cleaned up.

1.9.19 ebuild sticks the kernel module under
/lib/modules/<ver>/kernel/misc/svgalib_helper.ko 

and 1.9.21 ebuild sticks the module under /lib/modules/<ver>/misc/svgalib_helper.ko 


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge old svga lib
2.unmerge leaves old kernel module
3.emerge new version, both kernel modules are installed

Actual Results:  
Old kernel module is getting loaded, not new one

Expected Results:  
the new kernel module should get loaded

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-08-31 10:30:40 UTC

the behavior you're seeing is correct imo ... modules should not appear in the
kernel/ subdir ...

beyond adding a warning to the 1.9.21 ebuild, i dont see what else is to be done
here ...

Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-09-01 12:00:46 UTC

Agreed, the new behaviour is correct, the old bevahiour is not, and theres not
really anything we can do about the "stale" module file being left over. Sorry
for any inconvenience.