linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] libkmod, depmod: Load modprobe.d, depmod.d from $prefix/lib.

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2023 09:35:08 +0200
From:   Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@...e.de>
To:     Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-modules@...r.kernel.org, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.com>,
        Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@...il.com>,
        Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>,
        Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] libkmod, depmod: Load modprobe.d, depmod.d from
 $prefix/lib.

Hello,

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 08:47:20AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 11. 07. 23, 17:31, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > There is an ongoing effort to limit use of files outside of /usr (or
> > $prefix on general). Currently all modprobe.d paths are hardcoded to
> > outside of $prefix. Teach kmod to load modprobe.d from $prefix/lib.
> > 
> > On some distributions /usr/lib and /lib are the same directory because
> > of a compatibility symlink, and it is possible to craft configuration
> > files with sideeffects that would behave differently when loaded twice.
> > However, the override semantic ensures that one 'overrides' the other,
> > and only one configuration file of the same name is loaded from any of
> > the seach directories.
> 
> search
> 
> ...
> > --- a/man/Makefile.am
> > +++ b/man/Makefile.am
> > @@ -17,9 +17,14 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(MAN5:%.5=%.xml) $(MAN8:%.8=%.xml)
> >   CLEANFILES = $(dist_man_MANS)
> >   %.5 %.8: %.xml
> > -	$(AM_V_XSLT)$(XSLT) \
> > +	$(AM_V_XSLT)if [ -n '$(prefix)' ] ; then \
> > +		sed -e 's|@...FIX@|$(prefix)|g' $< ; \
> 
> Hmm, if prefix is empty, this will remove @PREFIX@. So why you need this
> 'if' at all?

It removes the whole duplicate line.

Thanks

Michal

> 
> > +	else \
> > +		sed -e '/@...FIX@/d' $< ; \
> > +	fi | \
> 
> 
> -- 
> js
> suse labs
>