This has been happening for over 2 weeks now:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=877694 It has such cheerful effects as: root@knuth> zpool status The ZFS modules are not loaded. Try running '/sbin/modprobe zfs' as root to load them. The symptom displays via several ways like this: ------------------------------ Deleting module version: 0.6.5.11 completely from the DKMS tree. ------------------------------ Done. Unpacking zfs-dkms (0.6.5.11-1) over (0.6.5.11-1) ... Setting up zfs-dkms (0.6.5.11-1) ... Loading new zfs-0.6.5.11 DKMS files... Building for 4.13.0-1-amd64 Building initial module for 4.13.0-1-amd64 configure: error: *** Please make sure the kmod spl devel <kernel> package for your *** distribution is installed then try again. If that fails you *** can specify the location of the spl objects with the *** '--with-spl-obj=PATH' option. Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.13.0-1-amd64 (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/zfs/0.6.5.11/build/make.log for more information. So what are we supposed to do? The system is up, network accessible, and I'm pulling a current in time backup. Is there a linux distro that isn't broken for zfsonlinux distro kernel updates? Otherwise a complete reinstall back to the dumb world of ext4, as I need a metal 8 core box for comparative testing. Thanks, Russell