In some of the releases since this bug-report (I am using module-init- tools 3.7-pre9 now) this was adjusted so that the tool warns about files that do not have .conf file ending and it also ignores .svn files now. So this is actually fixed since some time now.
** Changed in: module-init-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- ugly WARNINGs when running depmod with version-controlled /etc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326586 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs