Bug#408249: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#408249: linux-sound-base: postinst fails: ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/modutils/linux-sound-base_noOSS' to `/lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modutils.conf': No such file or directory

[gregor herrmann]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:21:41 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:

> > > > ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/modutils/linux-sound-base_noOSS' to `/lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modutils.conf': No such file or directory
> > > Adding etc/modutils to debian/linux-sound-base.dirs solves this
> > > problem. Find a patch attached.
> > Thanks a lot for your patch.
> > Etch is frozen and since that 2.4 kernels are not more
> > supported....
> Actually, I don't think that the question is whether 2.4 kernels are
> supported or not: The installation will fail even with a 2.6 kernel if
> /etc/modutils doesn't exist at installation time, 

Exactly, the package is not installable at the moment.

> so gregor's fix looks correct to me.

Another (equally trivial) patch would be to remove the lines that
create(s) the link(s).

I think one way or another this needs to be addressed.

Cheers,
gregor
 
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