Hi Guillaume, Sorry for the reply that is 5 years too late! Responses inline:
On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:10:56 +0200 Guillaume Millet <gmill...@gmail.com> wrote: > Using checkinstall to create a Debian package that installs a kernel module > adds three undesired files. > > $ sudo checkinstall > > The package created contained three unwanted files: > /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.softdep > /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.builtin.bin > /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.devname > > As a workaround, I removed those files with the exclude option. I’m not quite sure that this is a mistake. I believe those files are, in fact, touched by installing a module. Therefore, I think your workaround is the correct way to handle it. If this answers your question please let me know and I will close this bug, otherwise definitely let me know if you disagree! Thanks, Stephen
