Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin'

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Subject: Bug#948257: depmod: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:515 lookup_builtin_file() could not open builtin file '/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_XXXXXXX/lib/modules/5.4.0-1-amd64/modules.builtin.bin'
From: debian <d3bianl1nuks@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 16:48:49 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 909e80df-d40a-0e4c-1e55-dcf5e2283070@gmail.com>
Reply-to: debian <d3bianl1nuks@gmail.com>, 948257@bugs.debian.org
References: <157828512513.47103.9218819441185747328.reportbug@unstable>

so, what's to be done now? Marco d'Itri says that this error ispointless, Bjørn says that this is normal and this behaviour is expectedsometimes (kmod looking for nonexistent stuff)

is it just a harmless error "spam"? update the system as usual and justignore the error "waterfall" in the console? use the patch (the editedline in /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs) and then update?

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  - From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>