[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/3] Debian: fail gracefully if modules can't be loaded on install

[Ben Pfaff]

On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 03:09:31PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> By registering an error-handler for the init script used
> in openvswitch-switch.postinst and detecting if module insertion fails,
> it is possible to avoid failure to install in the case where the
> openvswitch_mod module is not available.
> 
> This is done without altering the behaviour that the start target
> of the openvswtich-switch init script will fail if module insertion fails.
> 
> This patch also adds a friendly hint as as to why starting
> openvswitch-switch has failed if it is due to failure to insert
> the openvswtich_mod. This message is displayed as necessary both
> on package install and other calls to the start target of the
> init script.

I didn't know about --error-handler.  Thanks for educating me.

I noticed one nit and fixed it as part of the commit: s/==/=/ here:
> +	if test X"$HAVE_KMOD" == Xno; then

I also fixed a misspelling in the commit message.

I'll push this to master soon.