Debian Bug report logs - #579179
dkms: should module source be cleaned before autoinstall?

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

From: Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dkms: should module source be cleaned before autoinstall?

Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:04:14 -0400

package: dkms
version: 2.1.1.2-2
severity: important

i've been testing kernel upgrades, and found that some dkms packages do
not rebuild their modules on an abi bump.  they use the previous
build, which seems a bit dangerous to me.  should dkms force a clean of
the module sources before autoinstalling?

to reproduce:
$ sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-3-amd64 linux-headers-2.6.32-3-amd64
$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-modules-dkms
$ sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-4-amd64

the fglrx module will be copied from the 2.6.32-3 build, rather than rebuilt
during autoinstallation.  note that linux-headers-2.6.32-4-amd64 is missing,
so i was expecting an error.

mike

Message #10 received at 579179-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>

To: 579179-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: re: dkms: should module source be cleaned before autoinstall?

Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 21:44:16 -0400

there is actually no problem here.  the module was prebuilt from an
earlier version of the kernel.  closing.

mike

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