On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Allan McRae schrieb: > >> Thomas Bächler wrote: >> >>> The new module-init-tools 3.8 package changes the location of the >>> configuration file: /etc/modprobe.conf is no longer read, instead >>> /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf is used. Files without a .conf suffix in >>> /etc/modprobe.d are ignored now. >>> >> >> I think that they are not ignored this release, but a warning gets printed >> about them every time a module gets loaded. So how about: >> >> Warnings are now printed about files without a .conf suffix in >> /etc/modprobe.d as these will no longer work with the next release. This >> will generate a lot of output on bootup if .pacsave files are left in this >> folder. >> > > Too long, how about "Files in /etc/modprobe.d without a .conf suffix will > be ignored in the future." > > I noticed the warnings too, so will anyone else. > > Just out of curiosity, why was that change made? Isnt it a bit incosistent to all other *.d's? pacman.conf isnt in pacman.d, logrotate.conf isnt in logrotate.d, rc.conf isnt in rc.d etc. Are there plans to move those too? -- Greg
