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and subject line Re: dkms: modules fail to build during package installation on
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Package: dkms
Version: 2.3-3
Severity: important
When I install package wireguard-dkms, it fails to compile the dkms.
I used the following install command:
$ echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ unstable main" >
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/unstable.list
$ printf 'Package: *\nPin: release a=unstable\nPin-Priority: 150\n' >
/etc/apt/preferences.d/limit-unstable
$ apt update
$ apt install linux-headers-next-sunxi wireguard
The relevent dpkg output is:
Loading new wireguard-0.0.20180718-1 DKMS files...
dpkg: warning: version '3.4.113-sun8i
4.14.18' has bad syntax: invalid character in revision number
Building for 4.14.18-sunxi
Building initial module for 4.14.18-sunxi
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.14.18-sunxi (armv7l)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/wireguard/0.0.20180718-1/build/make.log for more
information.
The content of the make.log file is:
DKMS make.log for wireguard-0.0.20180718-1 for kernel 4.14.18-sunxi (armv7l)
Sun Jul 29 02:31:42 UTC 2018
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.18-sunxi'
Makefile:631: arch//Makefile: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target 'arch//Makefile'. Stop.
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.18-sunxi'
However, I can compile and install that dkms module successfully by running
`dkms build -m wireguard -v 0.0.20180718-1 -k 4.14.18-sunxi`.
Further investigation into the dkms package, I found the following script:
# dkms_common.postinst, line 227
if [ -n "$ARCH" ]; then
if which lsb_release >/dev/null && [ $(lsb_release -s -i) = "Ubuntu" ]; then
case $ARCH in
amd64)
ARCH="x86_64"
;;
lpia|i?86)
ARCH="i686"
;;
esac
fi
echo "Building for architecture $ARCH"
ARCH="-a $ARCH"
fi
which means if $ARCH is empty, it is going to be empty through the whole
building process, passed into the Makefile, resulting in a build failure. This
might be the problem I'm experiencing on an armv7l machine.
I suggest that the $ARCH variable be unset if it exists and is empty in the
postinst script, so dkms can figure out the arch itself. Also, why dpkg passed
an empty string to the 4th argument of dkms_common.postinst (the $ARCH variable
at dkms_common.postinst line 140) might need further investigation as it is
likely to cause other issues if the installation is an upgrade rather than a
new installation.
I am using Debian GNU/Linux 9.5
(Armbian_5.38_Orangepipc_Debian_stretch_next_4.14.14), kernel 4.14.18-sunxi.
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.6.1-1
On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:43:01 +0800 James Swineson <[email protected]> wrote:
dpkg: warning: version '3.4.113-sun8i
4.14.18' has bad syntax: invalid character in revision number
(there is a newline in the middle while it expected a "single" version
number)
Duplicate of #848608
This was fixed in upstream release 2.4.0.
Andreas
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