Re: Moving kernel modules under /usr/lib in installer

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From	Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
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Subject	Re: Moving kernel modules under /usr/lib in installer
Date	Sun, 01 Dec 2024 13:30:01 +0100
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Hi Ben,

Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (2024-11-30):
> In the latest version of kernel-wedge I added support for modules being
> packaged under /usr/lib/modules/$kernelversion rather than
> /lib/modules/$kernelversion.  Whichever of those directories is found
> under $SOURCEDIR will be used in the udebs.
> 
> All the regular packages built from src:linux have been usr-moved, but
> it still makes modules appear under
> $SOURCEDIR/lib/modules/$kernelversion when invoking kernel-wedge, as
> required by earlier versions.  I would like to remove this workaround,
> which would result in usr-moving the udebs as well.
> 
> I know the installer environment has been usr-merged for some time, so
> I don't expect this to cause any problems.  But do you see any issue
> with this?

Not at the top of my head, feel free to deploy this, and thanks for the
heads-up!


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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Moving kernel modules under /usr/lib in installer Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2024-11-30 22:00 +0100
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