Bug#650159: busybox: Please set CONFIG_DEFAULT_MODULES_DIR and CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE to the appropriate defaults
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:03:11AM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> On 27.11.2011 21:31, Jens Stimpfle wrote:
> > I think you got me wrong. They /are/ defined, albeit to "" (see
> > debian/config/pkg/{deb,static}). Only they are not defined suitably to
> > build working modutils, whilst the definition value does not seem to
> > affect the current package (not building modutils) by any means. So I
> > don't see the point in deviating from upstream's defaults.
>
> Try defining these values in config and _not_ enable module utils,
> and run `make oldconfig'. The values of these variables will be
> reset back to empty strings. That's what I mean by saying it is
> impossible to set - they will be reset by the build system, and
> it is impractical to remember to change them back each time I
> update the config, especially since this feature is not used
> at all.
>
> If you want to build different busybox, just do it, and redefine
> any config symbols you like, including these ones.
Thanks for the clarification. I know this is a minor issue, but as the
use case of enabling modutils is probably quite common and I lost time
finding the reason for modutils not working (not having strace
available, having to re-build and shifting files around to VM) I reported
nevertheless.
> Besides, I plan to enable module utils soon, with these values
> being set properly.
That's surely valuable.
Thanks for spending the time to reply!
Jens
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