Purge leaves behind some files in /lib/modules

Bug Description

While purging some old kernels, I noticed warnings from dpkg that it was not removing /lib/modules/xxx.

Here's what was left behind:

perseus:[/lib/modules] ls 2.6.28-{8,10}-generic
2.6.28-10-generic:
modules.alias.bin modules.dep.bin modules.symbols.bin

2.6.28-8-generic:
modules.alias.bin modules.dep.bin modules.symbols.bin

Removing the package should clean up all of the files associated with that version of the kernel.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
MachineType: LENOVO 6465CTO
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.35
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=305dde78-d20a-4248-aaf4-09447b7c5791 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LC_COLLATE=C
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.35-generic
SourcePackage: linux

@cooloney -- seems that we have another report of this, which I have dup'd against this original. Also I hear rumours its being talked about in the forums. Sounds like its annoying people.

To reiterate the fix I proposed in the dup-ed bug:
"""The remaining files are:
% ls /lib/modules/2.6.28-10-generic
modules.alias.bin modules.dep.bin modules.symbols.bin

I believe debian/control-scripts/prerm should be updated to list these in @files_to_remove."""

I already added these 3 fils to the remove file list of debian/control-scripts/prerm. And test it on my Jaunty amd64 machine.

This bug should be fixed.

-Bryan

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.28-11.38

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linux (2.6.28-11.38) jaunty; urgency=low

[ Brad Figg ]

* When AppArmor is configured, securityfs must be as well.
- LP: #344370
* ARM: Enable AA with SECURITYFS for imx51
- LP: #344370

[ Bryan Wu ]

* Add 3 missing files to prerm remove file list
- LP: #345623

[ Daniel T Chen ]

* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.28) Don't trust hw-ptr blindly
- LP: #330814
* SAUCE: (drop after 2.6.28) Apply further pcm_lib updates for hw_ptr
- LP: #330814

[ Ike Panhc ]

* Copy header files for various kernel media driver
- LP: #322732

[ Tim Gardner ]

* Revert "Fix the VFP handling on the Feroceon CPU"
Only applied to mv78xx0 ARM flavour.
* Enabled drivers/staging/at76_usb
- LP: #152626

[ <email address hidden> ]

* SAUCE: ipw2200: Enable LED by default
- LP: #21367
* SAUCE: wistron_btns: support Prestigio Wifi RF kill button over suspend
- LP: #346586

[ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

* Build fix for __early_pfn_to_nid() undefined link error
* Fix misreporting of #cores as #hyperthreads for Q9550
* eventfd: remove fput() call from possible IRQ context
* S390: __div64_31 broken for CONFIG_MARCH_G5
* ALSA: Fix vunmap and free order in snd_free_sgbuf_pages()
* ALSA: mixart, fix lock imbalance
* ALSA: pcm_oss, fix locking typo
* ALSA: hda - Fix DMA mask for ATI controllers
* ALSA: hda - Workaround for buggy DMA position on ATI controllers
* ALSA: opl3sa2 - Fix NULL dereference when suspending snd_opl3sa2
* nfsd: nfsd should drop CAP_MKNOD for non-root
* NFSD: provide encode routine for OP_OPENATTR
* dm ioctl: validate name length when renaming
* dm io: respect BIO_MAX_PAGES limit
* dm crypt: fix kcryptd_async_done parameter
* dm crypt: wait for endio to complete before destruction
* ata_piix: add workaround for Samsung DB-P70
* V4L/DVB (10218): cx23885: Fix Oops for mixed install of analog and
digital only cards
* thinkpad-acpi: fix module autoloading for older models
* Add '-fwrapv' to gcc CFLAGS
* Move cc-option to below arch-specific setup
* USB: storage: Unusual USB device Prolific 2507 variation added
* USB: Add Vendor/Product ID for new CDMA U727 to option driver
* USB: option.c: add ZTE 622 modem device
* USB: Add device id for Option GTM380 to option driver
* USB: Option: let cdc-acm handle Sony Ericsson F3507g / Dell 5530
* USB: Updated unusual-devs entry for USB mass storage on Nokia 6233
* USB: unusual_devs: Add support for GI 0431 SD-Card interface
* USB: serial: add FTDI USB/Serial converter devices
* USB: serial: ftdi: enable UART detection on gnICE JTAG adaptors
blacklist interface0
* USB: serial: new cp2101 device id
* USB: usbtmc: fix stupid bug in open()
* USB: usbtmc: add protocol 1 support
* USB: usbfs: keep async URBs until the device file is closed
* USB: EHCI: expedite unlinks when the root hub is suspended
* USB: EHCI: Fix isochronous URB leak
* powerpc: Remove extra semicolon in fsl_soc.c
* menu: fix embedded menu snafu
* Linux 2.6.28.9
* Add '-fwrapv' to gcc CFLAGS
- LP: #348015
* Move cc-option to below arch-s...

is it possible that the patch got dropped somewhere on the way to karmic?
i'm looking at my /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.31-9-generic.prerm and I don't see these three files:

sub success () {
my @files_to_remove = qw{
modules.dep modules.isapnpmap modules.pcimap
modules.usbmap modules.parportmap
modules.generic_string modules.ieee1394map
modules.ieee1394map modules.pnpbiosmap
modules.alias modules.ccwmap modules.inputmap
modules.symbols modules.ofmap modules.seriomap
};

foreach my $extra_file (@files_to_remove) {
if (-f "/lib/modules/$version/$extra_file") {
unlink "/lib/modules/$version/$extra_file";
}
}
exit 0;
}

The changes were not ever merged in the karmic tree; see bug #415832. Kernel team told me that they have a tag in the jaunty tree for changes which they still need to merge into karmic.

Closing this bug again, please use the other one.

Ok, thank you