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List:       opensuse-packaging
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-packaging] Packaging kernel module with conflicting file
From:       Matthias Koenig <mkoenig () suse ! de>
Date:       2006-10-05 14:47:44
Message-ID: n7x64eykeen.fsf () f221 ! suse ! de
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"Mauricio Teixeira (netmask)" <netmask@webset.net> writes:

> Is there a way I can build a package which would install a new kernel
> module that already exists on the kernel-default package?
>
> AFAIK, the packages would conflict with an error telling that the file
> already exists.
>
> Anyone know a solution for that? LKM maybe?

Such modules should go into
/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/

If module-init-tools find a module in this place it will be the
preferred one.

Matthias

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