Description of problem:

depmod segfaults 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. delete direcory /lib/modules/$kernel_verion/updates
2. run depmod

  
Actual results:

depmod exits SIGSEGV 

Expected results:

depmod terminates normally or keeps running producing waring

Additional info:

Strace:
---skip bunch of stuff---
readlink("/lib/modules/2.6.17.8/source", "/", 1) = 1
readlink("/lib/modules/2.6.17.8/build", "/", 1) = 1
getdents(4, /* 0 entries */, 4096)      = 0
close(4)                                = 0
open("/lib/modules/2.6.17.8/updates",
O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---


running depmod

 /sbin/depmod -e -F System.map 2.6.17.8
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_DSCP.ko is
not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ECN.ko is
not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_NETMAP.ko is
not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TTL.ko is
not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_dscp.ko is
not an elf object
WARNING: Module
/lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.ko is not an elf
object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.ko
is not an elf object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/tcp_diag.ko is not an elf
object
WARNING: Module /lib/modules/2.6.17.8/kernel/net/ipv4/tunnel4.ko is not an elf
object
Segmentation fault