Bug#255180: module-init-tools: removal of modprobe.conf breaks mkinitrd

[Jens Schmalzing <j.s@lmu.de>]

severity 255180 grave
reassign 255180 module-init-tools
merge 254950 255149 255174 255180
thanks

Hi,

hopefully, I got the control commands right this time.  Also, Goswin's
patch is a bit too liberal with the lock for my taste.  The following
patch allows for loading from read-only filesystems while still
acquiring an exclusive lock.

Regards, Jens.

--- module-init-tools-3.1-pre2/modprobe.c~	2004-06-16 00:54:51.000000000 +0200
+++ module-init-tools-3.1-pre2/modprobe.c	2004-06-19 15:52:08.273513773 +0200
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 
 static int lock_file(const char *filename)
 {
-	int fd = open(filename, O_RDWR, 0);
+	int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY, 0);
 
 	if (fd >= 0) {
 		struct flock lock;




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