/lib/modules/<kernel-version> directory not being removed
In a normal scenario, whenever we do:
apt-get purge linux-image-
the corresponding:
/lib/modules/
directory gets removed from the system.
But I noticed that suppose installed some out-of-tree kernel modules and now when you try to remove the same kernel (for which you installed out-of-tree modules), I get the following error message:
Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.30-1-test7 ...
Running postrm hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-3-bpo50-test10
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
rmdir: failed to remove `/lib/modules/2.6.30-1-test7': Directory not empty
dpkg - warning: while removing linux-image-2.6.30-1-test7, directory `/lib/modules/2.6.30-1-test7' not empty so not removed.
In the above output I am trying to remove the kernel 2.6.30-1-test7.
I know I can explicitly remove the directory but I would is there any configuration file which prevents removed directory which have been tainted by adding some additional files/modules which were not part of the original package?
Kushal Koolwal
I do blog at http://blogs.koolwal.net/
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