[git commit] depmod.pl: updates and fixes galore

[Mike Frysinger]

On Monday 11 May 2009 17:53:44 Bernhard Reutner-Fischer wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 04:42:48PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >On Monday 11 May 2009 16:06:58 Bernhard Reutner-Fischer wrote:
> >> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:14:12PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> >The helper script needs updating to match latest busybox modprobe
> >> > behavior in that all dependencies need to be listed, not just the
> >> > immediate ones. Along the way, fix symbol prefixed ports, optimize the
> >> > output, and add some more depmod compatible options.
> >>
> >> heh, not really. By now there is a C impl of that beast..
> >> And i just ment to ask for a bloat-o-meter output....
> >>
> >> Fix the real thing, that awk stuff is only for backward-compat and will
> >> be removed in 36 months at most.
> >
> >i dont really know what you're talking about.  this wasnt a RFC, this was
> > a commit.  depmod.pl isnt going anywhere.
>
> As long as everone's aware that it's not going anywhere a quick,
> intermediate bypass is probably ok -- but you shouldn't continue to use the
> bypass any longer.

a "bypass" implies there's a replacement.  there isnt in the normal cross-
compiling setup.  that's why depmod.pl exists in the first place.
-mike