Mhwd-kernel does not properly clean up after kernel removal

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Can confirm:

$ ls -l /usr/lib/modules/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 24 09:05 6.12.28-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 10 16:32 6.12.61-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 16 16:32 6.14.6-2-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 10 16:32 6.17.11-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 10 16:32 6.18.0-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 10 16:32 6.6.119-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 24 09:06 6.6.90-1-MANJARO
$ mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 6.18.0-1-MANJARO (linux618)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux612
* linux617
* linux618
* linux66

$ sudo mhwd-kernel -r linux66
checking dependencies...
[...]

Packages (3) linux66-6.6.119-1  linux66-headers-6.6.119-1  linux66-nvidia-570xx-570.207-4

Total Removed Size:  331.46 MiB

:: Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n] y
[...]

$ ls -l /usr/lib/modules/
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 24 09:05 6.12.28-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 10 16:32 6.12.61-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 16 16:32 6.14.6-2-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 10 16:32 6.17.11-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 10 16:32 6.18.0-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 24 09:06 6.6.90-1-MANJARO
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I had the same again today after installing the newest kernel released in testing. Install via pacman -Syu, and the modules are not cleaned.

  /usr/lib/modules  ls -la                                                                                   ✔ 
insgesamt 308
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096 13. Dez 08:36 .
drwxr-xr-x 310 root root 294912 13. Dez 12:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root   4096 13. Dez 12:40 6.12.62-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root   4096 13. Dez 12:40 6.18.0-1-MANJARO
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root   4096 13. Dez 12:40 6.18.1-1-MANJARO
  /usr/lib/modules 

During the same installation I got an error regarding the evdi-dkms installation, that failed. I needed to reinstall evdi-dkms manually. Not a big deal (but this again made clear that is is so important NOT to install anything without looking what is happening … if someone would install, go to e.g. the loo, reboot without looking what happened in the installation … that would fail)

Could there be a possibility that this relates, e.g. that the cleanup of the modules does not work if some dkms modules are installed, and probably fail during installation?

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This is only related to one tiny file left behind that it forgot to clean up. Not a problem, just a tiny housekeeping issue. (Practically an empty directory.)