Re: [gentoo-dev] update-modules

[Gert Menke <gert@menke.za.net>]

Hi,

On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 06:49:07AM +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 22:17, Gert Menke wrote:
> > I tried to figure out what this is for, but I seem to be missing something.
> > It seems to do nothing but to copy stuff from /etc/modules.d to
> > /etc/modules.conf and then run depmod -a.
> > What's the point in copying instead of using include?
> just add whatever you need to a file in /etc/modules.d/
> than after running:
> # update-modules
> it will include those in /etc/modules.conf

Yes, I know that, but why are they _copied_ into modules.conf? They can be
included. modules.conf allows you to use the "include" statement.
I don't know if it acceps wildcards though.
However, if it does, there is no need for update-modules any more.
Just add "include /etc/modules.d/*" to /etc/modules.conf and run "depmod -a"
whenever you would have run update-modules.

Greetings
Gert