[Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-13 Thread Stefan Bader
So, while the postinst hook script still has code which never gets executed, this is not really harmful as the dkms call itself prints the same and actually does not return an error on a failure to build. Running the hook more often than required also does not seem to be harmful. It actually hel

[Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-13 Thread Stefan Bader
So Alberto, I filed bug #1431753 against one nvidia source package. Though this likely needs the same approach in all of those having the nvidia + nvidia-uvm split. I re-checked this morning and can now say that accessing the build directory of another DKMS module never can work because the kernel

[Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-12 Thread Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot
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[Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-12 Thread Stefan Bader
So this turns out to offer many twists and turns. Looking closer at a kernel installation which caused FTBS reports from DKMS, I found that the apt installer is unpacking all packages before calling the post install hooks. So all checking for existing headers that the postinst hook script does is s

[Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-12 Thread Stefan Bader
Ok, let me put something together to start trying in Vivid and then (if it looks good) we can work backwards from there. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427175 Title: dkms postinst sh

Re: [Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-11 Thread Mario Limonciello
Sorry i'm really consumed with other stuff right now too. That sounds reasonable to me. On 03/11/2015 05:48 AM, Alberto Milone wrote: > Sorry, I've been busy with other work. > > @Mario: any ideas about this? > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-11 Thread Alberto Milone
Sorry, I've been busy with other work. @Mario: any ideas about this? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427175 Title: dkms postinst should handle missing headers To manage notification

[Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-10 Thread Stefan Bader
Alberto, did you hear anything back about this? Or should we go ahead and come up with something to try for Vivid. I could prepare something. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427175 Titl

[Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-02 Thread Alberto Milone
** Changed in: dkms (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: dkms (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427175 Title: dkms postinst

[Bug 1427175] Re: dkms postinst should handle missing headers

2015-03-02 Thread Stefan Bader
Forgot to mention: the post-inst script is at: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427175 Title: dkms postinst should handle missing headers To manage notifi