---
name: "update-modules"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "module-init-tools"
version: "3.4-1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/update-modules"
---

# update-modules(8)

obsolete command

## NAME

update-modules - obsolete command

## SYNOPSIS

**update-modules**

## DESCRIPTION

**update-modules** is an obsolete command which does nothing. Any program calling it should be fixed by not using it anymore.

Note that the file  */etc/modprobe.conf* is not the exact equivalent of  */etc/modules.conf*. It is not required for module-init-tools and is not generated any more. In fact, most people should not create that file since */etc/modprobe.d/\** would be ignored in this case but Debian packages store their additional configuration files in */etc/modprobe.d/*.

## SEE ALSO

[**depmod**(8)](/depmod/8.md) [**modprobe**(8)](/modprobe/8.md) [**modprobe.conf**(5)](/modprobe.conf/5.md)

## BUGS

This program should be removed after modutils will have been removed from the distribution and no package will try to use it anymore.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Marco d'Itri \<*md@linux.it*\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system.