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and subject line Bug#1114731: fixed in dkms 3.2.2-1
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regarding /usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst (dkms_common.postinst.in) silently soft
fails if no kernel headers are present
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Package: dkms
Version: 3.2.0-1
If a dkms module package calls /usr/lib/dkms/common.postinst in its
postinst (such as one built with dh-dkms and its default postinst [1]),
but no kernel headers are present, it will output "Building for ", then
exit 0, without actually building the module. This is because the
common.postinst (from dkms_common.postinst.in [2]) just loops over the
$KERNELS variable without checking if its empty.
Previously, the dkms package installed headers along with itself, but as
of trixie, that stopped for various reasons (see related bug 1091428 [3]).
The postinst should generate a warning, if not an error, if no kernels
are found. It's effectively a dependency being missing, but the
installation ends with a false success. In an ideal world, package
dependencies could address this, but for the reasons above, it's not
practical to use package dependencies to ensure the *correct* kernel
headers are installed.
I reported this upstream [4] but thought I ought to report it here as
well because ultimately it's dh-dkms on Debian that's using said common
postinst.
Happy to submit a patch to fix this, unless it's preferred to address it
upstream first, in which case I'll start there.
1.
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dkms/-/blob/main/debian/scripts/postinst-dkms?ref_type=heads
2.
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/dkms/-/blob/main/dkms_common.postinst.in?ref_type=heads#L212-219
3. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1091428#10
4. https://github.com/dell/dkms/issues/545
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Source: dkms
Source-Version: 3.2.2-1
Done: Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]>
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 [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]> (supplier of updated dkms package)
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:42:50 +0200
Source: dkms
Architecture: source
Version: 3.2.2-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Dynamic Kernel Module System Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]>
Closes: 1107232 1114731
Changes:
dkms (3.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* New upstream release.
* Stop shipping dkms.service. Not really needed and causes a dependency
cycle with cloud-init-network.service. (Closes: #1107232)
* common.postinst: Emit a warning if no kernel headers were found.
(Closes: #1114731)
* Drop Pre-Depends: lsb-release, no longer used since 3.0.12.
* Add Breaks against more obsolete *-dkms packages.
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