[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#529059: Bug#529059: dkms: please use dpkg-divert

[A Mennucc]

On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 07:27:22PM +0200, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A Mennucc ha scritto:
> > correctly sets the dpkg-diversion for an existing module
> 
> 
> What's the purpose of this patch? By default dkms install the module in
> /lib/modules/<kernelversion>/updates/dkms (see override_dest_module_location()
> ), why we need to divert the old one?

(I am quite puzzled at this moment)

if you have, lets say, two copies of applesmc.ko in the kernel
tree, which version will 'modprobe' load ? 
is there a way to tell?

moreover, AFAICS, dkms (the upstream version) goes to great length to mv 
away the  old module when it installs a new module. There is a lot of 
code to do  that.

a.