Re: Linux 5.11-rc1

[Sedat Dilek]

On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 7:55 PM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 5:14 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > > $ dpkg -L kmod | grep bin | grep depmod
> > > > > /sbin/depmod
> > > > >
> > > > > $ which depmod
> > > > > [ empty ]
> > > > >
> > > > > $ echo $PATH
> > > > > /opt/proxychains-ng/bin:/home/dileks/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
> > >
> > > Ok, I think this is a broken setup that has a separate /sbin but does
> > > not have it in the PATH.
> >
> > That's how it is supposed to work, AFAICT. It is so on Debian here,
> > for example.
> >
> > /sbin is for management commands, why would I have it in PATH when
> > running as normal user?
> >
>
> I am here on Debian/testing AMD64 and waiting for feedback [2].
>
> For now I have applied the diff from [1].
>
> - Sedat -
>
> [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kbuild&m=160919738006768&w=2
> [2] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=160919729606750&w=2

Fixed upstream, see "depmod: handle the case of /sbin/depmod without
/sbin in PATH".

- Sedat -

[1] https://git.kernel.org/linus/cedd1862be7e666be87ec824dabc6a2b05618f36