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Subject: Re: update-modules, do we need it anymore?
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On 01/10/2013 04:10 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> I don't have any use for the rest of update-modules, so I don't disagree on
> that point. I'd just like to see a form of autoload support be continued if
> anything happens to update-modules. But since update-modules isn't
> mandatory, I suppose nothing drastic will happen to it regardless, but
> having
> a modern equivalent would be nice :)
> 
Just to be clear on this. Even if update-modules is removed, modules
will still be autoloaded by modutils.sh which is run in rcS.d. Also,
/etc/init.d/modutils.sh can be run separately.

Thanks,
Laurentiu