[PATCH 1/1] [dkms] clean out /lib/modules/<version>/updates/dkms

[Mario Limonciello]

Andy:

Thanks for the patch here.  I've added this to DKMS git head.

Regards

Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> In addition to the fixes for the kernel packages to clean themselves
> up correctly, DKMS is also making a mess and not cleaning
> up when all its modules are removed.  Specificially it makes a
> /lib/modules/<version>/updates/dkms directory to hold the installed files.
> When they are removed this directory is not removed again.  This leads
> dpkg to leave this directory as it is 'not empty'.
>
> Below is a debdiff to the DKMS kernel prerm triggers to attempt to clear
> these out when dkms is cleaning up for a kernel which is being removed.
>
> -apw
>
> === 8< ===
> diff -u dkms-2.0.20.4/debian/changelog dkms-2.0.20.4/debian/changelog
> --- dkms-2.0.20.4/debian/changelog
> +++ dkms-2.0.20.4/debian/changelog
> @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
> +dkms (2.0.20.4-0ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
> +
> +  * Ensure that the /lib/modules/<version>/updates/dkms directory is
> +    removed if it is empty after a removal.  This allows the modules
> +    directory to be removed as it becomes empty.  (LP: #300773)
> +
> + -- Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>  Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:48:10 +0000
> +
>  dkms (2.0.20.4-0ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
>  
>    * Backport these fixes from trunk:
> only in patch2:
> unchanged:
> --- dkms-2.0.20.4.orig/kernel_prerm.d_dkms
> +++ dkms-2.0.20.4/kernel_prerm.d_dkms
> @@ -13,4 +13,8 @@
>  done < <(dkms status -k $inst_kern 2>/dev/null | grep ": installed")
>  fi
>  
> +rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty \
> +	"/lib/modules/$inst_kern/updates/dkms" \
> +	"/lib/modules/$inst_kern/updates"
> +
>  exit 0
>
>   

-- 
Mario Limonciello
*Dell | Linux Engineering*
mario_limonciello at dell.com
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