Re: Bugzilla Bug 250377: External modules of removed kernels are not removed

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On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 07:00:57AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> 
> Well, I'd really like to see a combination of dkms and kmod's, so
> ordinary users can get pre-compiled modules as kmods (or another
> packaging standard for pre-compiled kernel-modules) and other can use
> dkms if they want (or it could jump in in cases where the pre-compiled
> packages are not yet available).
> 
> Just relying on dkms sounds crazy in my eyes.
> 
> BTW, the real solution for the bug which is mentioned in the subject of
> this mail would be to dkms put the modules in a rpm that depends on the
> kernel. Then it would be removed fine on kernel-uninstall.

The modules built by dkms aren't included on a package because they
are built on demand on the user machine.

Or do you suggest that DKMS generate and install a RPM package when new
modules are compiled?

-- 
Eduardo

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