Question about .footprint
Hello, Bernd.
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:04:10 +0200
Bernd Eggink <monoped@sudrala.de> wrote:
> Can anybody explain why pkgmk replaces the actual kernel version by
> "<kernel-version>" in footprints (the pipe
>
> sed "s| lib/modules/`uname -r`/| lib/modules/<kernel-version>/|g"
>
> in line 199)? It doesn't seem to be used by prt-get or any of the
> pkg-utils, and it makes .footprint unreliable as a TOC for other purposes.
This affects packages providing kernel modules (opt/madwifi for
example). Each user has different kernel version, so a footprint
(version) mismatch could be a common issue. I guess, that is the
only real reason of this substitution.
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