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Description of problem:
I upgraded modules-init-tools and rebooted and rc.sysinit when trying
to load modules modprobe fails to load any modules.

The system will boot to runlevel 1 and if i modprobe any modules I get
a failure and the top two lines of  /etc/modprobe.conf.dist printed.

When I removed the file /etc/modprobe.conf.dist the system booted normally

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
module-init-tools-3.1-0.pre5.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Provide the file /etc/modprobe.conf.dist and reboot
2. The system will fail when trying modprobe and will either fail to
boot or will boot with about 5 modules loaded
3. 
    

Actual Results:  The system fails to boot and worse with the latest
kernel (kernel-2.6.8-1.538) the screen output is blank

Expected Results:  The system should boot normally into any runlevel

Additional info:

The end of afgetc(0x98cf130)                                         
                     = '\n'
realloc(0x98cf2b8, 29)                                               
         = 0x98cf2b8
puts("alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout" <unfinished ...>
SYS_write(1, "alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout\n", 29)                   
         = 29
<... puts resumed> )                                                 
         = 29
strspn("alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout", "\t ")                        
         = 0
__strsep_g(0xfef6d478, 0x805424d, 29, 0x98cf298, 0x8054273)          
         = 0x98cf2b8
strspn("binfmt-204 binfmt_aout", "\t ")                              
         = 0
__strsep_g(0xfef6d478, 0x805424d, 29, 0x98cf2b8, 0x98cf2be)          
         = 0x98cf2be
strspn("binfmt_aout", "\t ")                                         
         = 0
__strsep_g(0xfef6d478, 0x805424d, 29, 0x98cf2b8, 0x98cf2be)          
         = 0x98cf2c9
fnmatch("binfmt_204",
"EOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOFEOF"...,
0 <unfinished ...>
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
n ltrace trying to use modprobe: