---

yaml
---
r: 253359
b: refs/heads/master
c: bfe5424
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  253357: 4c281e7
  253355: 904d905
  253351: e840934
  253343: 480688c
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fc4da9a3e68b1f64237fafda084f61067f568a99
+refs/heads/master: bfe5424a8b31624e7a476f959d552999f931e7c7

trunk/scripts/depmod.sh

@@ -18,8 +18,31 @@ fi
 if ! test -r System.map -a -x "$DEPMOD"; then
 	exit 0
 fi
+# older versions of depmod require the version string to start with three
+# numbers, so we cheat with a symlink here
+depmod_hack_needed=true
+mkdir -p .tmp_depmod/lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE
+if "$DEPMOD" -b .tmp_depmod $KERNELRELEASE 2>/dev/null; then
+	if test -e .tmp_depmod/lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE/modules.dep -o \
+		-e .tmp_depmod/lib/modules/$KERNELRELEASE/modules.dep.bin; then
+		depmod_hack_needed=false
+	fi
+fi
+if $depmod_hack_needed; then
+	symlink="$INSTALL_MOD_PATH/lib/modules/99.98.$KERNELRELEASE"
+	ln -s "$KERNELRELEASE" "$symlink"
+	KERNELRELEASE=99.98.$KERNELRELEASE
+fi
+
 set -- -ae -F System.map
 if test -n "$INSTALL_MOD_PATH"; then
 	set -- "$@" -b "$INSTALL_MOD_PATH"
 fi
-exec "$DEPMOD" "$@" "$KERNELRELEASE"
+"$DEPMOD" "$@" "$KERNELRELEASE"
+ret=$?
+
+if $depmod_hack_needed; then
+	rm -f "$symlink"
+fi
+
+exit $ret