Re: [SLE] More about the latest Mantel 2.6.5 kernels [SOLVED]

12 May 2004

      On Tuesday 11 May 2004 15:39, Mark wrote:
...
eddie wrote:
...
I don't know if I've missed something or maybe they are not for SuSE 9.0
but when I try to install them I get a dependency failure.
error: Failed dependencies:
        /sbin/update-modules.dep is needed by kernel-default-2.6.5-12.1
Is there something else that needs to be installed?  If so, can someone
point me in the right direction, please?  Is it safe to install it with
the --nodeps option?
It appears to be a dependency issue arising from the kernel expecting
something that is in aaa_base for 9.1 but not for 9.0. The following
hack is taken from alt.os.linux.suse. Installing this "rpm" works
because I've done it, though whether it's a good idea or not is another
matter. The person who posted it said that he subsequently had recent
2.6 Mantel kernels working fine, though I've never yet had one work on
my installation. It does look as if recent kernels of the day are
intended for 9.1 but I've really no idea.
:)
Fish
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build an rpm package.
1. get aaa_base-*.i586.rpm from the 9.1 updates
2. Fire up mc (Midnight Commander), open that rpm, and
copy /sbin/update-modules.dep to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES
3. Copy the next spec file to /usr/src/packages/SPECS
4. cd /usr/src/packages/SPECS
5. rpmbuild -ba update_modules_dep.spec
6. rpm -Uhv /usr/src/packages/RPM/noarch/update_modules_dep-*.rpm
7. install the new kernel rpms
Works for me, but this is only the forst time I booted with this kernel
(2.6.5-10.58)
Cheers,
Leen
Here's the spec file:
,----[ /usr/src/packages/SPECS/update_modules_dep.spec ]
| Name:           update_modules_dep
| License:        GPL|BSD
| Group:          None
| Summary:        Provide update-modules.dep script
| Packager:       Leendert Meyer 
| Version:        0.0.1
| Release:        0
| Source0:        update-modules.dep
| BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
| BuildArch:      noarch
|
| %description
| Provide update-modules.dep script from 9.1's aaa_base
|
| %prep
|
| %build
|
| %install
| rm -rf %buildroot
| install -d -m 755 %buildroot/sbin
| install -m 755 -o root -g root %{SOURCE0} %buildroot/sbin
|
| %clean
| rm -rf %buildroot
|
| %files
| /sbin/update-modules.dep
|
| %changelog -n update_modules_dep
| * Sat May 08 2004 - leen.meyer@home.nl
| - 0.0.1-0: Initial package
`----
#EOF
Thanks Mark,

That seems to have done the trick.

Eddie