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

[Ben Hutchings]

On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 09:39 +0200, A Mennucc wrote:
> 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?
[...]

It will load the one under the "updates" subdirectory.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Logic doesn't apply to the real world. - Marvin Minsky
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