Debian Bug report logs - #585771
dkms add failure isn't indicated by return code

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

From: nick black <dank@qemfd.net>

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

Subject: dkms add failure isn't indicated by return code

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:56:45 -0400

Package: dkms
Version: 2.1.1.2-3
Severity: important
Tags: upstream


"dkms add" doesn't return a non-zero result despite failure to create
necessary files:

 [recombinator](1) $ dkms add -m nvidia -v 195.36.24
 
 Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/195.36.24/source ->
                  /usr/src/nvidia-195.36.24
 mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/dkms/nvidia': Permission denied
 ln: creating symbolic link `/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/195.36.24/source': No such file or directory
 
 DKMS: add Completed.
 [recombinator](0) $ 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.34 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages dkms depends on:
ii  build-essential              11.5        Informational list of build-essent
ii  dpkg-dev                     1.15.7.2    Debian package development tools
ii  gcc                          4:4.4.4-2   The GNU C compiler
ii  make                         3.81-8      An utility for Directing compilati
ii  module-init-tools            3.12~pre2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii  fakeroot              1.14.4-1           Gives a fake root environment
ii  linux-headers-2.6.34  recombinator2.6.34 Header files related to Linux kern
ii  linux-image-2.6.34 [l recombinator2.6.34 Linux kernel binary image for vers
ii  lsb-release           3.2-23.1           Linux Standard Base version report
ii  menu                  2.1.43             generates programs menu for all me
ii  patch                 2.6-2              Apply a diff file to an original
ii  sudo                  1.7.2p7-1          Provide limited super user privile

dkms suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

Message #12 received at 585771@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>

To: 585771@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: dkms add failure isn't indicated by return code

Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 17:51:03 -0400

Hi,
I've been bitten by this bug (dkms v2.2.0.3) as well. I'm not quite
sure it is just priority 'wishlist' breaking one of the unix
assumptions (return code with meaning).

Regards,
-- 
Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/
Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi

Message #17 received at 585771-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>

To: 585771-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: dkms add failure isn't indicated by return code

Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:56:23 +0200

Version: 2.8.2-1

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:56:45 -0400 nick black <dank@qemfd.net> wrote:
> Package: dkms
> Version: 2.1.1.2-3

> "dkms add" doesn't return a non-zero result despite failure to create
> necessary files:
> 
>  [recombinator](1) $ dkms add -m nvidia -v 195.36.24
>  
>  Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/195.36.24/source ->
>                   /usr/src/nvidia-195.36.24
>  mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/dkms/nvidia': Permission denied
>  ln: creating symbolic link `/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/195.36.24/source': No such file or directory
>  
>  DKMS: add Completed.
>  [recombinator](0) $ 

Since upstream 2.8.2, this errors out with

    Error! You must be root to use this command.

and returns 1.


Andreas

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