[arch-general] Kmod and modprobe.d

[Mauro Santos]

On 21-01-2012 20:13, Karol Blazewicz wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Mauro Santos
> <registo.mailling at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Today when updating, module-init-tools was replaced by kmod, everything
>> went smoothly and my machine boots fine, however I have a doubt, where
>> should module configuration files be placed, /etc/modprobe.d or
>> /lib/modprobe.d?
>>
>> Will both directories be supported in the long run or is this a
>> temporary thing not to break most systems?
>>
>> Mauro
> 
> http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2012-January/022330.html
> Tom Gundersen wrote:
> In general, and regardless of kmod, packages should install their
> config files in /lib/modprobe.d, and leave /etc/modprobe.d to admins.
> 
> This works (in module-init-tools, as well as in kmod) in the same way
> as with udev's rule files. If a file foo.conf exists in both /etc and
> in /lib, the version in /etc is used and the one in /lib is ignored.
> This means the admin can easily override the standard config files
> supplied by the packages, and the package updating the config file
> does not create .pacnew/.pacsave files.
> 

Exactly what I wanted to know, thanks :)

-- 
Mauro Santos