linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] depmod: Handle X.Y kernel versions

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1105301104310.5766@asgard.lang.hm>
Date:	Mon, 30 May 2011 11:05:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	david@...g.hm
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
cc:	Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] depmod: Handle X.Y kernel versions

On Mon, 30 May 2011, Michal Marek wrote:

> Jon, could you please apply this patch and release a new
> module-init-tools?  Depmod otherwise fails when building a kernel with
> version 3.0 (without the third number).
>
> Linus, I'm affraid this ruins the plan for Linux 3.0. Except if you want
> to force users to upgrade module-init-tools, with the excuse that 3.0
> is a huge step forward and breakage has to be expected ;-).

it just means you need to do 3.0.0 (with -stable doing 3.0.1) instead of 
3.0 -> 3.0.1

David Lang
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