modules.conf more recent than modules.dep

[mikpolniak <mikpolniak@adelphia.net>]

	I was successfully running a new kernel -2.2.18pre21 then
recompiled so i could update my ethernet card driver from
rtl8139 to 8139.too. I rebooted from the new boot floppy.
	Then i did modprobe 8139.too and ifup eth0 and networking 
ran fine. So i decided to put alias eth0 8139.too in /etc/modutils
and run update-modules to regenerate /etc/modules.conf.
	The next time i rebooted modprobe said : '/etc/modules.conf
is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/modules.dep
modprobe: can't locate module 8139.too'.
	Now modprobe -l -t net shows that 8139.too is indeed there,
but even if i run depmod -a , modprobe still can't locate 8139.too.
	I have recompiled and still no luck. I've tried the new kernel
with the old driver rtl8139 and reran update-modules and
depmod but still get the same message.
	What am i missing?