[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#571683: Bug#571683: dkms: should dkms clean up after itself?

[David Paleino]

Hello,

On Saturday 27 February 2010 08:04:26, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> package: dkms
> version: 2.1.1.2-2
> severity: normal
> 
> when removing a kernel which has previously had dkms modules built
> for it, the user will see the following message:
> 
>   rmdir: failed to remove `/lib/modules/2.6.32-2-amd64': Directory not
>  empty dpkg: warning: while removing linux-image-2.6.32-2-amd64, directory
>  '/lib/modules/2.6.32-2-amd64' not empty so not removed.
> 
> this is because dkms doesn't have any cleanup code to remove the
> modules and files it creates.

I believe this should be handled by kernels' prerm; the only thing we could do 
is providing a wrapper to which the prerm passes the removed version (and 
inside which we issue the proper command for cleaning up DKMS modules).

David

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