[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] [announcement draft] New module-init-tools changes modprobe configuration file location

[Allan McRae]

Grigorios Bouzakis wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org>wrote:
>
>   
>> Allan McRae schrieb:
>>
>>     
>>> Thomas Bächler wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> The new module-init-tools 3.8 package changes the location of the
>>>> configuration file: /etc/modprobe.conf is no longer read, instead
>>>> /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf is used. Files without a .conf suffix in
>>>> /etc/modprobe.d are ignored now.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I think that they are not ignored this release, but a warning gets printed
>>> about them every time a module gets loaded.  So how about:
>>>
>>> Warnings are now printed about files without a .conf suffix in
>>> /etc/modprobe.d as these will no longer work with the next release.  This
>>> will generate a lot of output on bootup if .pacsave files are left in this
>>> folder.
>>>
>>>       
>> Too long, how about "Files in /etc/modprobe.d without a .conf suffix will
>> be ignored in the future."
>>
>> I noticed the warnings too, so will anyone else.
>>
>>
>>     
> Just out of curiosity, why was that change made?
> Isnt it a bit incosistent to all other *.d's? pacman.conf isnt in pacman.d,
> logrotate.conf isnt in logrotate.d, rc.conf isnt in rc.d etc.
> Are there plans to move those too?
>   

Upstream decision

Allan