Debian Bug report logs - #707008
dkms: should depend on python-apport

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

From: Matthias Liertzer <matthias@liertzer.at>

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

Subject: dkms: should depend on python-apport

Date: Mon, 06 May 2013 22:03:53 +0200

Package: dkms
Version: 2.2.0.3-1.2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

while updating the system to the newest version of linux-headers in unstable
(linux-headers-3.8-1-amd64), dkms failed to run the package hooks for dkms. The
script in /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py failed because it
imports the python module apport, which is, however, not installed on the
machine. Installing python-apport and applying the following patch

--- dkms_packages.py    2013-05-06 20:02:05.102478775 +0000
+++ /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py    2013-05-06
20:00:26.940936271 +0000
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@

 if options.kernel:
     report['DKMSKernelVersion'] = options.kernel
-report.write(open(apport.fileutils.make_report_path(report), 'w'))
+report.write(open(apport.fileutils.make_report_path(report), 'wb'))

fixes the problem.

Best,
Matthias

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.8-1-amd64 (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/dash

Versions of packages dkms depends on:
ii  build-essential    11.6
ii  coreutils          8.20-3
ii  dpkg-dev           1.16.10
ii  gcc                4:4.7.2-1
ii  make               3.81-8.2
ii  module-init-tools  9-3
ii  patch              2.6.1-3

Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii  fakeroot                                     1.18.4-2
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-4-amd64 [linux-headers]  3.2.41-2
ii  linux-headers-3.8-1-amd64 [linux-headers]    3.8.11-1
ii  linux-headers-amd64 [linux-headers]          3.8+47
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 [linux-image]      3.2.41-2
ii  linux-image-3.8-1-amd64 [linux-image]        3.8.11-1
ii  menu                                         2.1.46
ii  sudo                                         1.8.5p2-1+nmu1

dkms suggests no packages.

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Message #10 received at 707008@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Dirk Griesbach <spamthis@freenet.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <707008@bugs.debian.org>

Cc: Matthias Liertzer <matthias@liertzer.at>

Subject: Re: dkms: should depend on python-apport

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:35:24 +0200

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Package: dkms
Version: 2.2.0.3-1.2
Followup-For: Bug #707008
Tags: patch

Am Mo, 06. Mai 2013 um 22:03:53 +0200 schrieb Matthias Liertzer:
> while updating the system to the newest version of linux-headers in unstable
> (linux-headers-3.8-1-amd64), dkms failed to run the package hooks for dkms. The
> script in /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py failed because it
> imports the python module apport, which is, however, not installed on the
> machine. Installing python-apport and applying the following patch

I don't think it is wise to depend on a package which only exists in
experimental. Besides this, there is no need for dkms to depend on
python-apport as it only executes the package hook if apport is
installed. As apport pulls in the apport python module, everything
should be working as expected: Without installing apport everything is
working and people using apport should cope with the experimental nature
of… um… experimental. :)

However, /usr/sbin/dkms calls the hook if a build problem occurs (and
apport is installed) by executing it with python, which by default is a
symlink to python2. But apport pulls in the apport module for Python3.
And here we go. dkms will fail if it calls its apport-hook as Python2
doesn't know about Python3 modules.

There are several options:
 * Use the attached patches to fix dkms to call python3 explicitly and
   port the hook to Python3 (thanks to 2to3). The latter maybe need a
   bit more grooming as I didn't test it.
 * apport could at least suggest or recommend python-apport
 * Let dkms only suggest python-apport. This should be OK as suggestions
   won't be installed by default. So nobody is forced to install
   a) software from experimental or 
   b) apport, even if it wouldn't be experimental.

Dirk

[dkms_python3_apport.py (text/x-python, attachment)]

[dkms_packages_hook_2to3.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

Message #15 received at 707008-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Aron Xu <aron@debian.org>

To: 707008-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#707008: fixed in dkms 2.2.0.3-5

Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 22:26:59 +0000

Source: dkms
Source-Version: 2.2.0.3-5

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.

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 707008@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Aron Xu <aron@debian.org> (supplier of updated dkms package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 05:51:37 +0800
Source: dkms
Binary: dkms
Architecture: source
Version: 2.2.0.3-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Modules Support Team <pkg-dkms-maint@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Aron Xu <aron@debian.org>
Description:
 dkms       - Dynamic Kernel Module Support Framework
Closes: 554843 653176 707008 724566 829123
Changes:
 dkms (2.2.0.3-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Aron Xu ]
   * Remove obsolete virtual package 'linux-image' from Recommends (Closes: #724566)
   * Do not ignore --kernelsourcedir (Closes: #653176)
   * Update upstream link to github
   * Use gbp-pq to manage patches
 .
   [ Daniel Kahn Gillmor ]
   * Make dh_dkms name and version parsing more proper (Closes: #829123)
 .
   [ Dirk Griesbach ]
   * Port apport hook to python3 and add python3-apport to Suggests (Closes: #707008)
 .
   [ Thijs Kinkhorst ]
   * mkbmdeb: support for lean binary package with only the built modules (Closes: #554843)
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