1 Aug 2007 02:18
Re: Duplicate modules in AUR for custom kernels
On Wed, August 1, 2007 01:30, Aaron Griffin wrote: > On 7/31/07, James Rayner <iphitus@...> wrote: >> This is getting a tad ridiculous. I suggest that modules for custom >> kernels should not be allowed within the AUR. >> >> Take a search for madwifi, ndiswrapper, ipw3945, beyond, etc on the AUR. >> In nearly all cases, the modules are wildly varying in version, and >> nearly >> always poorly maintained. >> >> It's dead basic, and literally a single sed command to create a module >> for >> a custom kernel in 95% of cases. And custom kernels tend to have short >> lifespans, with most patchsets only lasting months. It's filling up the >> aur with crap, poorly maintained and often useless packages. >> >> Update them or remove them. > > Yay! Can I make a suggestion too? How about some utility similar to > versionpkg that will rebuild modules from abs for installed kernels if > the packages are installed for the stock kernel. > > That is, it looks for modules installed in the stock kernel's module > dir, and finds them in abs, resetting _kernver (TODO standardize that) > and rebuilding. Might be kinda neat. I wrote up some module packaging standards a year ago, but they're still good. I'll find them tonight and upload them. If we do go to DKMS though, they will need some additions. Heck, i even wrote a script that made packages for custom kernels, but it was pretty crude.(Continue reading)
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