John Ellson writes:
> linux-2.4.15-pre6, fileutils-4.1.1-1.i386.rpm
>
> With my configuration (details not important), "make modules_install" results in:
>
> mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.15-pre6/kernel/drivers/sound/
> cp soundcore.o sound.o cs4232.o ad1848.o pss.o ad1848.o mpu401.o cs4232.o uart401.o ad1848.o mpu401.o uart6850.o
> v_midi.o btaudio.o /lib/modules/2.4.15-pre6/kernel/drivers/sound/
> cp: will not overwrite just-created `/lib/modules/2.4.15-pre6/kernel/drivers/sound/ad1848.o' with `ad1848.o'
> cp: will not overwrite just-created `/lib/modules/2.4.15-pre6/kernel/drivers/sound/cs4232.o' with `cs4232.o'
> cp: will not overwrite just-created `/lib/modules/2.4.15-pre6/kernel/drivers/sound/ad1848.o' with `ad1848.o'
> cp: will not overwrite just-created `/lib/modules/2.4.15-pre6/kernel/drivers/sound/mpu401.o' with `mpu401.o'
> make[2]: *** [_modinst__] Error 1
>
> This hasn't been a problem with earlier version of /bin/cp (upto
> fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm in RH7.2), but /bin/cp from
> fileutils-4.1.1-1.i386.rpm (in the Rawhide collection) is more
> pedantic about multiple copies of the same file.
>
> This patch works around this "feature". It would be better if the
> Makefiles were changed to only install modules once, but thats a
> deeper problem.
No, the fix is to upgrade to fileutils-4.1-4.i386.rpm. cp should not
be complaining unless you ask it to. The default should be to do what
you ask. For the same reason, cp does not have "cp -i" as the default
behaviour.
Regards,
Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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