Bug#1100998: [initscripts] Removes kmod in trixie, while not providing the same functionality

[Mark Hindley]

Control: reassign -1 kmod

Roman,

Thanks for this.

On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 07:26:29PM +0500, Roman Mamedov wrote:
> Package: initscripts
> Version: 3.14-4
> Severity: normal
> 
> initscripts 3.14-4 in trixie has
> 
>   Breaks: kmod (<< 34.1-1)
>   Replaces: kmod (<< 34.1-1)
> 
> Could you clarify in what way does it "replace" the kmod package, while it
> lacks the essential tools from it like modprobe, depmod, insmod, lsmod etc?

Replaces here does not mean that. It tells dpkg that the initscripts takes over
(replaces) file(s) in kmod, in this case /etc/init.d/kmod.

The kmod tools (modprobe etc) are still in bin:kmod.

> kmod version in trixie is 34-3 (lower), so it is just getting removed.

I suspect you are seeing the same issue here as #1100955, in particular
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1100955#13

Reassigning to kmod.

Mark