On 01/11/2018 09:09 AM, Genes Lists via arch-general wrote:
The linux package creates 2 directories; for example:
/usr/lib/modules/4.14.13-1-ARCH /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-4.14-ARCH
Question - Why is the latter not named extramodules-4.14.13-1-ARCH?
Both are owned by the linux-4.14.13 package - and extramodules-4.14-ARCH will also be owned by the next linux-4.14.14 package and so on.
Perhaps it is something to do with 3rd party packages which install things in extramodules?
Because the extramodules directory is designated for thirdparty modules that are believed to be compatible with any kernel patch release of the same major.minor version. If the module needs to be recompiled with patch releases, it should be installed to the "main" modules directory. -- Eli Schwartz