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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2009-2013 Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
+#
+# Ensures your distribution likes to prefer updates/ over the kernel/
+# search updates built-in
+
+# Seems Mandriva has an $DEPMOD_DIR but it doesn't have any files,
+# so lets deal with those distributions.
+DEPMOD_CONF="/etc/depmod.conf"
+DEPMOD_CONF_TMP="$DEPMOD_CONF.backports.old"
+DEPMOD_DIR="/etc/depmod.d/"
+BACKPORT_DEPMOD_FILE="backports.conf"
+GREP_REGEX_UPDATES="^[[:space:]]*search.*[[:space:]]updates\([[:space:]]\|$\)"
+GREP_REGEX_SEARCH="^[[:space:]]*search[[:space:]].\+$"
+DEPMOD_CMD="depmod"
+
+function add_compat_depmod_conf {
+ echo "NOTE: Your distribution lacks an $DEPMOD_DIR directory with "
+ echo "updates/ directory being prioritized for modules, we're adding "
+ echo "one for you."
+ mkdir -p $DEPMOD_DIR
+ FIRST_FILE=$(ls $DEPMOD_DIR|head -1)
+ [ -n "$FIRST_FILE" ] && while [[ $FIRST_FILE < $BACKPORT_DEPMOD_FILE ]]; do
+ BACKPORT_DEPMOD_FILE="0$BACKPORT_DEPMOD_FILE"
+ done
+ echo "search updates" > $DEPMOD_DIR/$BACKPORT_DEPMOD_FILE
+}
+
+function add_global_depmod_conf {
+ echo "NOTE: Your distribution lacks updates/ directory being"
+ echo "prioritized for modules, we're adding it to $DEPMOD_CONF."
+ rm -f $DEPMOD_CONF_TMP
+ [ -f $DEPMOD_CONF ] && cp -f $DEPMOD_CONF $DEPMOD_CONF_TMP
+ echo "search updates" > $DEPMOD_CONF
+ [ -f $DEPMOD_CONF_TMP ] && cat $DEPMOD_CONF_TMP >> $DEPMOD_CONF
+}
+
+function depmod_updates_ok {
+ echo "depmod will prefer updates/ over kernel/ -- OK!"
+}
+
+function add_depmod_conf {
+ if [ -f "$DEPMOD_CONF" ]; then
+ add_global_depmod_conf
+ else
+ DEPMOD_VERSION=$($DEPMOD_CMD --version | cut -d" " -f2 | sed "s/\.//")
+ if [[ $DEPMOD_VERSION -gt 36 ]]; then
+ add_compat_depmod_conf
+ else
+ add_global_depmod_conf
+ fi
+ fi
+}
+
+GREP_FILES=""
+[ -f $DEPMOD_CONF ] && GREP_FILES="$DEPMOD_CONF"
+if [ -d $DEPMOD_DIR ]; then
+ DEPMOD_FILE_COUNT=$(ls $DEPMOD_DIR | wc -l)
+ [[ $DEPMOD_FILE_COUNT -gt 0 ]] && GREP_FILES="$GREP_FILES $DEPMOD_DIR/*"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$GREP_FILES" ]; then
+ grep -q "$GREP_REGEX_SEARCH" $GREP_FILES
+ if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+ grep -q "$GREP_REGEX_UPDATES" $GREP_FILES
+ if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+ depmod_updates_ok
+ else
+ add_depmod_conf
+ fi
+ else
+ depmod_updates_ok
+ fi
+else
+ depmod_updates_ok
+fi
+
+exit 0