Re: [PATCH kmod v4 4/4] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Make directory for kernel modules configurable

From: Michal Suchánek
Date: Tue Jul 18 2023 - 09:45:50 EST


On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 02:42:42PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 2023-07-18 14:27, Michal Suchánek wrote:
> >> >
> >> >That breaks kmod for the usrmerged distributions, though.
> >>
> >> Does it though?
> >> The *distro* has /lib -> /usr/lib,
> >> the *staging area* for installation does not.
> >
> >Yes, currently the fully installed distribution has the symlink, at
> >least openSUSE does.
> >
> >However, there is a goal to remove it eventually, and even now it is not
> >present at all times.
>
> The ELF interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2 is hardcoded everywhere.

Sure, there are other problems.

I will leave that for others that are familiar with that part of the
system.

Thanks

Michal