Ubuntu
module-init-tools package

Saving dkpg-old files in /etc/modprobe.d doesn't make sense

Bug #125213 reported by Heike C. Zimmerer
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
module-init-tools (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: apt-utils

If a file in /etc/modprobe.d has been modified by the user, he/she will be
asked if it should be replaced and, depending on the answer, content will
be saved in a dpkg-old file in the same directory.

This doesn't make sense there since both the new file and the saved content
will get used; renaming to <filename>.dpkg-old doesn't deactivate anything since all
files there are considered valid.

Happened to me with alsa-base; will probably apply to other packages too, so
I'm filing a general bug against apt-utils for now (not sure, however).

Revision history for this message
Adam Conrad (adconrad) wrote :

If module-init-tools isn't ignoring dpkg conffile backups, it needs to be taught how, this isn't a dpkg bug.

Revision history for this message
Chris Jones (cmsj) wrote :

I think this makes sense - I just had to manually remove /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-e1000e.dpkg-bak after upgrading module-init-tools to a version which removed blacklist-e1000e.
Without manually removing that file, the blacklist was still being honoured.

Changed in module-init-tools:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

Future versions of modprobe will only support files ending in ".conf", thus eliminating the problem.

Changed in module-init-tools:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
what_if (jonathan-a-phelps) wrote :

The package module-init-tools will soon be changed to ignore all files not ending in ' .conf '.

That change, when released, will fix this bug. As such, this bug is merely awaiting the release of this newer version.

Changed in module-init-tools (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → what_if (jonathan-a-phelps)
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

what_if: please don't change bug statuses like that.

This fix has not been Committed, and as far as I can tell, you're not planning to upload it so don't assign it to yourself.

Changed in module-init-tools (Ubuntu):
assignee: what_if (jonathan-a-phelps) → nobody
status: Fix Committed → Triaged
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