Re: Make modules_install doesn't create /lib/modules/$version

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 03:21:40 -0400 Rob Landley <rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| I've installed -test3, -test4, and now -test5, and each time make 
| modules_install died with the following error:
| 
| Kernel: arch/i386/boot/bzImage is ready
| sh arch/i386/boot/install.sh 2.6.0-test5 arch/i386/boot/bzImage System.map ""
| /lib/modules/2.6.0-test5 is not a directory.
| mkinitrd failed
| make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
| make: *** [install] Error 2
| 
| I had to create the directory in question by hand, and then run it again, at 
| which point it worked.
| 
| Am I the only person this is happening for?  (Bog standard Red Hat 9 system 
| otherwise.  With Rusty's modutils...)

Yes, I see that also.
Just running 'depmod -e -F System.map-260t5 -v 2.6.0-test5' prints:
FATAL: Could not open /lib/modules/2.6.0-test5/modules.dep.temp for writing:
 No such file or directory

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~Randy
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