Bug 23368 – baselayout 1.8.6.8-r1 overwrites /etc/modules.autoload without making a backup

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Oliver Jeeves 2003-06-24 04:51:47 UTC]

in the new baselayout, /etc/modules.autoload is a symlink to
/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4
When emerging the new baselayout, my /etc/modules.autoload was automatically
overwritten and no backup was made, causing my computer to boot incorrectly.

Reproducible: Didn't try
Steps to Reproduce:



Expected Results:  
made a backup of /etc/modules.autoload

[Comment 1 Adam Mercer 2003-06-24 13:18:22 UTC]

I updated to 1.8.6.8-r1 from 1.8.5.x yesterday an my modules.autoload was backed up and given as an option to update after I ran etc-update

[Comment 2 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-06-30 14:20:01 UTC]

This is the code for modules.autoload:

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        if [ -f ${ROOT}/etc/modules.autoload -a ! -d ${ROOT}/etc/modules.autoload.d ]
        then
                mkdir -p ${ROOT}/etc/modules.autoload.d
                mv -f ${ROOT}/etc/modules.autoload \
                        ${ROOT}/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4
                ln -snf modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 ${ROOT}/etc/modules.autoload
        fi
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Meaning your modules.autoload should have existed as
/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4, meaning that the only
possible conclusion is that you did not run etc-update to
update /etc/init.d/modules.