On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 04:53:48PM -0500, Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> Look, I wasn't trying to make a big deal out of this, but let me try
> again: using a kernel with KMOD configured, I had PPP running just
> fine, with 4 modules:
>
> ppp_generic
> ppp_async
> 2 compression modules
>
> When I compiled the kernel again without KMOD, PPP will not work,
> because it requires manual loading of the modules. I think we all
> agree on that, and thats fine with me.
But you haven't _told_ modprobe about the dependencies involved here.
You're right that it can't be worked out automatically, but we have
static information in /etc/modules.conf; for example the post-install
and pre-remove options have the right functionality here, as I understand
the problem.
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