[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#231973: alsa-modules postinst sholdn't only run depmod on the same kernel version

[Michel Daenzer]

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Package: alsa-source
Version: 1.0.1-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

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If you install a package of ALSA modules while running a kernel version which
is different than the one they were built against, the postinst does not run
depmod, so when you then boot the kernel they were built for, the modules may
not be found.


- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux thor 2.6.2-ben1-ck1 #1 Fri Feb 6 15:21:11 CET 2004 ppc
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8

Versions of packages alsa-source depends on:
ii  bzip2                      1.0.2-1       A high-quality block-sorting file 
ii  debconf                    1.4.8         Debian configuration management sy
ii  debconf-utils              1.4.8         debconf utilities
ii  debhelper                  4.1.89        helper programs for debian/rules
ii  gcc [c-compiler]           4:3.3.2-2     The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-3.2 [c-compiler]       1:3.2.3-9     The GNU C compiler
ii  gcc-3.3 [c-compiler]       1:3.3.3-0pre3 The GNU C compiler
ii  make                       3.80-4        The GNU version of the "make" util

- -- debconf information:
  alsa-source/really_overwrite_cards_to_be_built: true
  alsa-common/card-list: 
* alsa-source/cards_to_be_built: powermac (PowerMac)
* alsa-source/debug: false
  alsa-source/really_overwrite_has_pnp: true
* alsa-source/has_pnp: false
  alsa-source/really_overwrite_debug: true

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diff -up -r alsa-driver-1.0.1.orig/debian/alsa-modules.postinst alsa-driver-1.0.1/debian/alsa-modules.postinst
--- alsa-driver-1.0.1.orig/debian/alsa-modules.postinst	2004-02-07 14:34:21.194936651 +0100
+++ alsa-driver-1.0.1/debian/alsa-modules.postinst	2004-02-07 14:34:01.648997056 +0100
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ case "$1" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+depmod -a _KVERS_ || :
+
 if [ -s /etc/alsa/modutils/_MAJORVERSION_ ]; then
 	echo "Configuration file for ALSA _MAJORVERSION_ exists."
 	if [ $(uname -r) = "_KVERS_" ]; then
 		echo "Attempting to start."
 		echo
-		depmod -a || :
 		invoke-rc.d alsa restart
 	fi
 else

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