[PATCH 1/4] kbuild: rpm-pkg: do not include depmod-generated files

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Fri Feb 02 2024 - 08:35:39 EST


Installing the kernel package is fine, but when uninstalling it, the
following warnings are shown:

warning: file modules.symbols.bin: remove failed: No such file or directory
warning: file modules.symbols: remove failed: No such file or directory
warning: file modules.softdep: remove failed: No such file or directory
warning: file modules.devname: remove failed: No such file or directory
warning: file modules.dep.bin: remove failed: No such file or directory
warning: file modules.dep: remove failed: No such file or directory
warning: file modules.builtin.bin: remove failed: No such file or directory
warning: file modules.builtin.alias.bin: remove failed: No such file or directory
warning: file modules.alias.bin: remove failed: No such file or directory
warning: file modules.alias: remove failed: No such file or directory

The %preun scriptlet runs 'kernel-install remove', which in turn invokes
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-depmod.install to remove those files before
the actual package removal.

RPM-based distributions do not ship files generated by depmod. Mark them
as %ghost in order to exclude them from the package, but still claim the
ownership on them.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

scripts/package/kernel.spec | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/package/kernel.spec b/scripts/package/kernel.spec
index f58726671fb3..aaedb6d1b26f 100644
--- a/scripts/package/kernel.spec
+++ b/scripts/package/kernel.spec
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ ln -fns /usr/src/kernels/%{KERNELRELEASE} %{buildroot}/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEA
%{make} %{makeflags} run-command KBUILD_RUN_COMMAND='${srctree}/scripts/package/install-extmod-build %{buildroot}/usr/src/kernels/%{KERNELRELEASE}'
%endif

+{
+ for x in System.map config kernel modules.builtin \
+ modules.builtin.modinfo modules.order vmlinuz; do
+ echo "/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/${x}"
+ done
+
+ for x in alias alias.bin builtin.alias.bin builtin.bin dep dep.bin \
+ devname softdep symbols symbols.bin; do
+ echo "%ghost /lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/modules.${x}"
+ done
+
+ echo "%exclude /lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/build"
+} > %{buildroot}/kernel.list
+
%clean
rm -rf %{buildroot}

@@ -78,6 +92,9 @@ for file in vmlinuz System.map config; do
cp "/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/${file}" "/boot/${file}-%{KERNELRELEASE}"
fi
done
+if [ ! -e "/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/modules.dep" ]; then
+ /usr/sbin/depmod %{KERNELRELEASE}
+fi

%preun
if [ -x /sbin/new-kernel-pkg ]; then
@@ -91,10 +108,9 @@ if [ -x /sbin/update-bootloader ]; then
/sbin/update-bootloader --remove %{KERNELRELEASE}
fi

-%files
+%files -f %{buildroot}/kernel.list
%defattr (-, root, root)
-/lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}
-%exclude /lib/modules/%{KERNELRELEASE}/build
+%exclude /kernel.list

%files headers
%defattr (-, root, root)
--
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