On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 02:52:35PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > If you uninstall the modules for your running version of Linux, your system is > broken untill you reboot.
I disagree - my system is running just fine. All the modules I need are loaded already. Why should I have to reboot just to clear up some disk space? And, what if my kernel was built w/o modules - say I netboot static images from a tftp server? > oss-compat's postinst is set -e in purpose to exhibit > the problem (rather than silently ignoring it). A better error message would be more obvious. Something like: "It appears that the kernel you are running is no longer or installed or does not include modules - you will need to reboot your system onto a proper kernel. Until then, oss-compat will not function properly" > IMHO, prerm generated by kernel-package should prevent this from happening by > aborting with error when attempting to remove modules for a running kernel. It warns the user, and that's enough imo. If you convince kernel-package to make this case a hard failure, then the oss-compat behavior is probably acceptable (except for module-free kernels, of course). But as long as the system permits you to remove a running kernel, I would think other packages should deal with that corner case. -- dann frazier | HP Open Source and Linux Organization -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
