Re: make modules_install: chokes on emu10k1 module install (fwd)

[Keith Warno]

Greetings.

Linux kernel module installation (2.4.x) fails because cp from fileutils
4.1.1 is super protective of the user.  See forwarded message below
which is a response from Keith Owens (one of those kernel guys) on the
linux kernel mailing list.

The point here is: is the observed behavior unnecessary and if not will
such behavior become a problem down the road?  Granted I'd say it's more
like the particular kernel module Makefile in question is broken rather
than cp, but Keith (or anyone for that matter) was unwilling to fix it.

sigh.

Regards,
kw

PS -- There is a comment in fileutils-4.1.1/src/copy.c which explains
the logic behind the behavior and I forwarded said comment to the kernel
list but it mysteriously never made it to the list.  :?/

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:31:00 +1100
From: Keith Owens <address@hidden>
To: Keith Warno <address@hidden>
Cc: Linux Kernel List <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: make modules_install: chokes on emu10k1 module install

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 18:41:13 -0500 (EST),
Keith Warno <address@hidden> wrote:
>make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17-rc1/drivers/sound'
>mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.17-rc1/kernel/drivers/sound/
>cp soundcore.o ac97_codec.o ac97_codec.o
>/lib/modules/2.4.17-rc1/kernel/drivers/sound/
>cp: will not overwrite just-created
>`/lib/modules/2.4.17-rc1/kernel/drivers/sound/ac97_codec.o' with
>`ac97_codec.o'

Broken version of cp.  Get a version of fileutils that does not make
unnecessary changes to existing behaviour.