Debian Bug report logs - #553600
dkms: Error message could be improved a bit

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Philipp Kaluza <pk+debs@yomu.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: dkms: Error message could be improved a bit

Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:24:21 +0100

Package: dkms
Version: 2.1.0.1-1
Severity: wishlist

Hi DKMS team,

(This is a little follow-up bug for #553542.)

I've been playing with dkms to see how it will help us get rid of the
horribleness that is linux-modules-extra.

| 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.

The above error message is pretty helpful already, but could be improved
slightly when dkms is detecting it's running on debian-style distros:
It should maybe point the user to install the "linux-headers-<version>"
package, as that's all that is required (no full source).
In any case,
 s/Your kernel source/Your kernel headers/
might be a good idea.

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 dkms depends on:
ii  build-essential               11.4       Informational list of build-essent
ii  dpkg-dev                      1.15.3.1   Debian package development tools
ii  gcc                           4:4.3.3-9  The GNU C compiler
ii  make                          3.81-6     An utility for Directing compilati
ii  module-init-tools             3.10-3     tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii  fakeroot                1.13             Gives a fake root environment
ii  linux-headers-2.6.30-2- 2.6.30-8         Header files for Linux 2.6.30-2-68
ii  linux-image-2.6.26-2-vs 2.6.26-19lenny1  Linux 2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron
ii  linux-image-2.6.30-2-68 2.6.30-8         Linux 2.6.30 image on PPro/Celeron
ii  linux-image-2.6.30-pxp0 2.6.30-pxp06-0.1 Linux kernel binary image for vers
ii  lsb-release             3.2-23           Linux Standard Base version report
ii  menu                    2.1.41           generates programs menu for all me
ii  patch                   2.5.9-5          Apply a diff file to an original
ii  sudo-ldap [sudo]        1.7.2-2          Provide limited super user privile

dkms suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 553600@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>

To: 553600@bugs.debian.org,control@bugs.debian.org,553600-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [47e453e] Fix for Bug#553600 committed to git

Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:59:49 +0000

tags 553600 + pending
thanks

Hello,

     The following change has been committed for this bug by
 David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com> on Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:56:17 +0100.
 The fix will be in the next upload. 
=========================================================================
debian/patches/02-improve_error_message.patch: improve error message, and add Debian/Ubuntu specific suggestion. (Closes: #553600)


=========================================================================

You can check the diff of the fix at:

    ;a=commitdiff;h=47e453e

Message #22 received at 553600-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Giuseppe Iuculano <iuculano@debian.org>

To: 553600-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#553600: fixed in dkms 2.1.0.1-2

Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:21:17 +0000

Source: dkms
Source-Version: 2.1.0.1-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dkms, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

dkms_2.1.0.1-2.diff.gz
  to main/d/dkms/dkms_2.1.0.1-2.diff.gz
dkms_2.1.0.1-2.dsc
  to main/d/dkms/dkms_2.1.0.1-2.dsc
dkms_2.1.0.1-2_all.deb
  to main/d/dkms/dkms_2.1.0.1-2_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 553600@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Giuseppe Iuculano <iuculano@debian.org> (supplier of updated dkms package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:52:30 +0100
Source: dkms
Binary: dkms
Architecture: source all
Version: 2.1.0.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team <pkg-dkms-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Giuseppe Iuculano <iuculano@debian.org>
Description: 
 dkms       - Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
Closes: 553600 554168
Changes: 
 dkms (2.1.0.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ David Paleino ]
   * [47e453e] debian/patches/02-improve_error_message.patch: improve
     error message, and add Debian/Ubuntu specific suggestion.
     (Closes: #553600)
 .
   [ Giuseppe Iuculano ]
   * [27f707a] Do not build as a nobody user and don't chown the build
     directory, no files should be owned by nobody. (Closes: #554168)
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