Package: module-init-tools
Version: 3.2-pre1-2
Tags: patch
When I have / mounted read-only the /etc/init.d/module-init-tools
initscript attempts to update the module dependencies - causing it to
fail. The expected behaviour is to skip updating the module dependencies
and to load the modules specified in /etc/modules.
The cause is the test in the script to see if /lib/modules/$KVER is
writable will always be true when running as root - which the initscript
is.
In the attached patch after this check it attempts to touch the modules
directory giving an accurate test of writability.
I am using Debian GNU/Linux 3.1, kernel 2.6.8-2-386, libc 2.3.2.dsl-22
and have / mounted read-only.
--- module-init-tools_ORIG 2006-03-22 09:18:34.000000000 +1200
+++ module-init-tools_FIXED 2006-03-22 09:23:24.000000000 +1200
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
KMAJ=${KVER%${KVER#*.*[^.]}}
KMAJ=${KMAJ%.}
-if [ -w /lib/modules/$KVER/ ]; then
+if [ -w /lib/modules/$KVER/ ] && touch /lib/modules/$KVER 2>/dev/null; then
echo -n "Calculating module dependencies... "
depmod --quick
echo "done."
