On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:52:58 +0100, Marco wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Dec 26, Arnt Karlsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Justification: ..dunno Debian Policy, but it should recommend, not > > DEMAAAND!!! removal of 2.4 kernels > > This is a feature, support for 2.4 kernels require additional complexity > which is not justified nowadays. ..you do not wanna support 2.4 with module-init-tools. No problem with that, we still have modutils around for that ol' 2.4 work. ..I take it module-init-tools does know a 2.6.* from a 2.4.*? (Does modutils, LaMont?) ..there are some good reasons some of us keep 2.4 kernels, like supporting my old AMD K6-2 450MHz to keep things like FlightGear flyable on cheap old junk, chk performance on 2.6 k6-2's versus 2.4 K6-2's and pile up .debs to help solve .deb conflicts. ..now, your fine fancy feature is denying me the use of modutils for those ol' 2.4 K6-2 kernels on my old K6-2 box. ..precisely this denial, is the bug. I am perfectly happy to help flog the modutils and the 2.4 kernel guys out of your way, but you must allow their existence on my and similar boxes boxes. ..for this, I need your Conflict statement changed into a Suggest or somesuch that will allow the co-existence of these 2 packages on the same box, so I can growl at LaMont on future conflicts. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ apt-cache show modutils module-init-tools Package: modutils Status: install ok installed Priority: important Section: admin Installed-Size: 752 Origin: debian Maintainer: LaMont Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 2.4.27.0-6 Replaces: manpages (<= 1.15-3) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), sysvinit (>= 2.71-2) Suggests: ksymoops Conffiles: /etc/cron.daily/modutils 10fc6b90de70ffa3594d6c47ec9be935 /etc/init.d/modutils 8bf08ce804e7803630a78dc3646829cf /etc/modutils/0keep 89c032bf9e755bf0b1666227d20df03e /etc/modutils/aliases 7bb324f3410ce31e1538c739687a2af1 /etc/modutils/actions f5c934e0576d2538d62c0cd36062c2b6 /etc/modutils/paths d8a5a8df20d379f1078b826806ef8115 /etc/modutils/arch/alpha a06fe12e20ddc763c9570267b41b0e10 /etc/modutils/arch/i386 f9e3eac60200d41dd5569eeabb4eddff /etc/modutils/arch/m68k.generic 2c847312df7201d7004943482a0d1b4a /etc/modutils/arch/m68k.amiga f07da2ebf00c6ed6649bae5501b84c4f /etc/modutils/arch/m68k.atari 2893201cc7f7556160fa9cd1fb5ba56a /etc/modutils/arch/m68k.mac b96b83b867551b23d221c4d67952d2f7 /etc/modutils/arch/powerpc.apus bcfd7aa94c8e2453dd6a448c06f172f5 /etc/modutils/arch/powerpc.generic 86faaa356a37e5a673c6c158ea80e2ba /etc/modutils/arch/powerpc.pmac d6c5d69f128424be7efbe568a49336ab /etc/modutils/arch/s390 37b9990c51e898f82d22d7c01f761928 Description: Linux module utilities These utilities are intended to make a Linux modular 2.2 or 2.4 kernel manageable for all users, administrators and distribution maintainers. For 2.6 kernels, you should use the module-init-tools package. Package: module-init-tools Priority: important Section: admin Installed-Size: 288 Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 3.3-pre11-4 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) Conflicts: modutils Filename: pool/main/m/module-init-tools/module-init-tools_3.3-pre11-4_i386.deb Size: 69648 MD5sum: 7fab58ccf2703f7d47373315ca78756d SHA1: 464a93482dc4334083baca83bdcab319f48e3736 SHA256: 86f5c7515d582ab2ba2c583c613dfcaf95aa2658910f594a5a581256a23a9ecf Description: tools for managing Linux kernel modules This package contains a set of programs for loading, inserting, and removing kernel modules for Linux (versions 2.5.48 and above). It serves the same function that the "modutils" package serves for Linux 2.4. Tag: admin::kernel, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility Package: module-init-tools Status: install ok installed Priority: important Section: admin Installed-Size: 304 Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 3.3-pre11-1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) Conflicts: modutils (<= 2.4.21-1) Conffiles: /etc/modprobe.d/aliases 94526ce688edeb9cbae132f9452089b2 /etc/modprobe.d/arch/i386 1f68153d4f9feab7fe197b0949573a54 /etc/init.d/module-init-tools 2ea4c9bb43a28087092707fc8a4c46dd Description: tools for managing Linux kernel modules This package contains a set of programs for loading, inserting, and removing kernel modules for Linux (versions 2.5.48 and above). It serves the same function that the "modutils" package serves for Linux 2.4. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
