Bug#408249: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#408249: linux-sound-base: postinst fails: ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/modutils/linux-sound-base_noOSS' to `/lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modutils.conf': No such file or directory

[Lucas Nussbaum]

tag 408249 - unreproducible moreinfo
severity 408249 serious
thanks

On 27/01/07 at 10:32 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 the mental interface of
> gregor herrmann told:
> 
> > tag 408249 + patch
> > thanks
> > 
> > On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:38:57 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > 
> > > ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/modutils/linux-sound-base_noOSS' to `/lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modutils.conf': No such file or directory
> > 
> > Adding etc/modutils to debian/linux-sound-base.dirs solves this
> > problem. Find a patch attached.
> 
> Thanks a lot for your patch.
> Etch is frozen and since that 2.4 kernels are not more
> supported....
 
Hi,

Actually, I don't think that the question is whether 2.4 kernels are
supported or not: The installation will fail even with a 2.6 kernel if
/etc/modutils doesn't exist at installation time, so gregor's fix looks
correct to me.
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