Bug 4619

Summary:	modutils package lacks insmod.static
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Andre Tomt <andre>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) <azarah>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	1.2
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	revised ebuild ..

Description Andre Tomt 2002-07-06 11:34:22 UTC

insmod.static is needed in a number of places, f.ex. when making an initrd
image. However, it's lacking in the modutils-2.4.16-r2 ebuild. I propose the
following cleanup for -r3 or something, attached ebuild follows.. old comments
and cruft removed, added --enable-insmod-static, and *.static symlinks to
insmod.static preserved.

This is how 90% of other distros has done it - for a good reason.

Comment 1 Andre Tomt 2002-07-06 11:35:54 UTC

Created attachment 1993 [details]
revised ebuild ..

Comment 2 Andre Tomt 2002-07-06 11:47:31 UTC

Oh yeah - the /sbin/insmod is still dynamically linked even when
--enable-insmod-static is used. There is a separate /sbin/insmod.static to be
used only when needed.

Comment 3 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-07-06 17:42:56 UTC

Resolved in -r3.