Package: openafs-modules-dkms Version: 1.4.11+dfsg-4 Severity: minor Hi Russ,
since DKMS has been announced as the new blessed way to build out-of-tree modules, I thought I'd give it a spin. However, when the appropriate linux-headers are not installed, installing openafs-modules-dkms fails pretty ungracefully: | Setting up openafs-modules-dkms (1.4.11+dfsg-4) ... | | Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/openafs/1.4.11/source -> | /usr/src/openafs-1.4.11 | | DKMS: add Completed. | | Error! Your kernel source for kernel 2.6.30-2-686 cannot be found at | /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-686/build or /lib/modules/2.6.30-2-686/source. | You can use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located. So far so good, it tells me roughly what it's missing. But after installing linux-headers-2.6.30-2-686, i see this: | Setting up openafs-modules-dkms (1.4.11+dfsg-4) ... | | Error! DKMS tree already contains: openafs-1.4.11 | You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once. | dpkg: error processing openafs-modules-dkms (--configure): | subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 3 I think this should fall back more gracefully - possibly by removing the module from DKMS' list if the automatic build fails. Looking over /etc/dkms/template-dkms-mkdeb/debian, it seems the "new style" source package template outsources all this to a central /usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst file (installed by dkms, ofcourse) - which would handle the problem gracefully. Bye, Philipp -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (60, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages openafs-modules-dkms depends on: ii bison 1:2.4.1.dfsg-3 A parser generator that is compati ii dkms 2.1.0.1-1 Dynamic Kernel Module Support Fram ii flex 2.5.35-8 A fast lexical analyzer generator. openafs-modules-dkms recommends no packages. openafs-modules-dkms suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
