Remaining file in modprobe.d after purge

[Alex]

I recently installed ndisgtk and removed it later again with --purge. But this didn't remove this file /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper.conf which causes, that my wireless LAN driver doesn't load automatically.

Shouldn't "apt-get remove --purge" remove all config files?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dirk Mcbratney (djmcbratney)]

I experienced this and removed the file manually. Now. reinstalling the various ndiswrapper packages doesn't seem to replace the file, either. I'm not quite sure what's happening here.

[Dirk Mcbratney (djmcbratney)]

Oh, should be noted, as I didn't realize when I posted this - the file is created by running ndiswrapper, not during the install process. When not using ndiswrapper-gtk, it's created by running (as root) ndiswrapper -mi.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

This will be fixed in some time. I am working on changing the packaging to move all userspace parts into the ndiswrapper package (currently split in -utils-1.9 and -common), after which I can add the removal on purge to a maintainer script.

I did not add it yet, as the directory is basically co-owned by -common and -utils-1.9, and I did not want to break anything.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

A fix has been committed in the Debian packaging repository (in the branch wip/dh9). A future update will include that fix.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

Oops, I was wrong. I meant the "/etc/ndiswrapper remaining" thing was fixed. But anyway, I just committed a fix for this as well and uploaded it to Debian in 1.59-5, which should hopefully hit the archive soon and will then be automatically synced into Ubuntu.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ndiswrapper - 1.59-5

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ndiswrapper (1.59-5) unstable; urgency=medium

  * ndiswrapper: postrm: Fix test for /etc/ndiswrapper existence
  * ndiswrapper: postrm: Delete /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper.conf on purge
    (LP: #712120)

 -- Julian Andres Klode <email address hidden> Mon, 18 May 2015 21:12:36 +0200