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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 03:25:43 +0000
Subject: Re: modutils 2.4.2, please test asap
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 18:52:13 -0800, 
David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net> wrote:
>Yes.  Though given what you say below, I wonderif a better fix would
>be to never create "modules.usbmap" if there are 2.2 style /lib/modules/
>directories.  (That is, make the backwards compatibility mode cover
>all the features that changed.)

Not reliable enough.  Some installers still create 2.2 style libraries
even on 2.4.  Modutils handles both styles, giving preference to
modules stored in the 2.4 style, but it reads all modules under
/lib/modules/<version>.


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