CVS commit: wip/linux-module-init-tools

["Jeremy C. Reed" <jeremy-c-reed%users.sourceforge.net@localhost>]

Module name:    pkgsrc-wip
Committed by:   jeremy-c-reed
Date:           Thu May 26 00:16:32 UTC 2005

Modified Files:
        wip/linux-module-init-tools: distinfo Makefile

Log Message:
Slightly improve COMMENT.

Update to version 3.1. ChangeLog says:

3.1 Version:
o modprobe, rmmod: Fix format string (thanks to Sergey Vlasov)
o modinfo: support -n, and by default display filename.
o modprobe: allow -o with -r to remove renamed modules with deps correct.
o modprobe: fall back to /etc/modprobe.d if fail on /etc/modprobe.conf.
o modprobe: allow config files to be directories, and recurse.
o modprobe: Fix quoting of cmdline options.
o insmod: remove quote handling, since we didn't do it right.
o depmod: ignore symbols (eg. PCI ids) in BSS (patch from Marc Boucher).
o depmod: exit after -h.
o modprobe: file locking on modules to avoid spurious errors if they race 
(report from Marc Boucher)
o modprobe: Fall back to read-only (no locking) if rw open on module fails
o depmod: updates/ dir overrides (for RH, thanks to Thomas Vander Stichele)
o depmod: don't follow symlinks, broken in updates/ rework (thanks to Marco 
d'Itri)
o Bashisms removed (thanks to David Weinehall)
o modinfo: use modules.dep, not manual search, so we get updates/ right.
o Fix modinfo manpage missing word (thanks Debian)
o modprobe.devfs: added apm_bios devices (thanks Debian)
o modprobe: don't fatal() on missing includes (thanks Debian)
o modprobe: install/remove commands must override modules.alias file.
o Fix modprobe man page to document --show-depends and install commands 
(reported by Eric C. Cooper)
o Fix modprobe man page: -t -a removed in 3.0 (report from Thomas Hood)
o Document modprobe.d in modprobe(.conf) man page (report from Stefan Richter)


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2 wip/linux-module-init-tools/distinfo
cvs rdiff -r1.3 -r1.4 wip/linux-module-init-tools/Makefile

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.


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