Bug#294851: kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686: directory /lib/modules/2.6.10-1-686 still exists - due to the build symlink

[Jens Nachtigall <nachtigall@web.de>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686
Version: 2.6.10-4
Severity: minor


another bug report :)


I think this affects all kernel-image packages.

I installed the fitting kernel-headers-2.6.10-1-686 along with this
image package.

Then I got this message:
/////////
However, the directory /lib/modules/2.6.10-1-686 still exists.  If this
directory belongs to a previous kernel-image-2.6.10-1-686 package, and if
you have deselected some modules, or installed standalone modules
...
Do you want to stop now? [Y/n]
\\\\\\\\\\\

Of course, I stopped, because I was a) confused and b) of course not sure
what I did some weeks ago.



As you might know, the headers package creates a symlink like:
$ ls -l /lib/modules/2.6.10-1-686
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 36 2005-02-10 12:13 build -> /usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.10-1-686


I would suggest to include a test, that if there is the 
/lib/modules/2.6.10-1-686 dir, then also test if it _only_ includes the
above symlink. If so, you can drop that message in such cases. I would
think that many people only see this message, because they previously or
at the same time installed the headers, by adding such a test a lot of
time and confusion could be saved to these people.

regards,
jens


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-386
Locale: LANG=de, LC_CTYPE=de (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
ANSI_X3.4-1968)

-- debconf information excluded