Public bug reported:

Had the need to install r8168-dkms, but got a make.log error:

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DKMS make.log for r8168-8.045.08 for kernel 4.15.0-11-generic (x86_64)
Sat Mar  3 16:08:17 CET 2018
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-11-generic'
Makefile:962: "Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please install libelf-dev, 
libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel"
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168_n.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168_asf.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/rtl_eeprom.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/rtltool.o
  LD [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168.mod.o
  LD [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168.ko
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-11-generic'
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so i have installed libelf-dev, and reinstalled r8168-dkms again. Next
the make.log looks:

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DKMS make.log for r8168-8.045.08 for kernel 4.15.0-11-generic (x86_64)
Sat Mar  3 16:15:11 CET 2018
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-11-generic'
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168_n.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168_asf.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/rtl_eeprom.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/rtltool.o
  LD [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168.mod.o
  LD [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.045.08/build/r8168.ko
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-11-generic'
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So please, add libelf-dev as r8168-dkms dependency.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: r8168-dkms 8.045.08-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-11.12-generic 4.15.5
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sat Mar  3 16:11:00 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: r8168
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: r8168 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic

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