Re: Linux 5.11-rc1

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On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 4:51 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 3:55 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 5:14 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > > $ dpkg -L kmod | grep bin | grep depmod
> > > > > > /sbin/depmod
> > > > > >
> > > > > > $ which depmod
> > > > > > [ empty ]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > $ echo $PATH
> > > > > > /opt/proxychains-ng/bin:/home/dileks/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
> > > >
> > > > Ok, I think this is a broken setup that has a separate /sbin but does
> > > > not have it in the PATH.
> > >
> > > That's how it is supposed to work, AFAICT. It is so on Debian here,
> > > for example.
> > >
> > > /sbin is for management commands, why would I have it in PATH when
> > > running as normal user?
> > >
> >
> > I am here on Debian/testing AMD64 and waiting for feedback [2].
> >
> > For now I have applied the diff from [1].
> >
> > - Sedat -
> >
> > [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kbuild&m=160919738006768&w=2
> > [2] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=160919729606750&w=2
>
>
> PATH for the root on Debian is
> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
>
>
> depmod is used from 'make module_install'.
>
> For the native module installation to the host machine,
> module_install is run after 'su -'
> or 'sudo', which successfully finds depmod in /sbin.
>
>
> I also tested 'make deb-pkg' with/without
> rootless builds. It also successfully found depmod
> in /sbin, presumably dpkg tools automatically tweak
> PATH env variable.



I retract this hunk about deb-pkg.

(My test environment in the docker was wrong.)

I tested deb-pkg builds in the full debian installation
in KVM, and confirmed deb-pkg failed to build.

So, 'make deb-pkg' would have broken without
cedd1862be7e6








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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada



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