Bug#521595: [checks/files] should warn about non .conf files in etc/modprobe.d

To: Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>, 521595@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#521595: [checks/files] should warn about non .conf files in etc/modprobe.d
From: "Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 20:34:51 +0100
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Reply-to: "Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>, 521595@bugs.debian.org
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On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 20:46 -0500, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Attached mbox should do it.

+Info: Files in <tt>/etc/modprobe.d</tt> that do not have a <tt>.conf</tt>
+ suffix are no longer processed by certain (including future) versions of
+ module-init-tools/modprobe.

Is that actually true right now?  My recent experience suggests not and
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/03/msg00276.html implies it
will keep accepting them (albeit noisily) for quite a while yet.

Regards,

Adam

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