Public bug reported:
It seems that virtualbox-dkms checks whether the current kernel for
which the virtualbox modules are being built is supported:
Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=5.12.9 -C /lib/modules/5.12.9/build
M=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build....
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-5.12.9 is not supported
Error! Build of vboxnetadp.ko failed for: 5.12.9 (x86_64)
Make sure the name of the generated module is correct and at the root of the
build directory, or consult make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build/ for more information.
and while doign so, prevents the modules from being built.
The build however succeeds:
# make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=5.12.9 -C /lib/modules/5.12.9/build
M=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/6.1.18/build
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernel/linux-5.12'
...
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernel/linux-5.12'
so I suspect the test to be too agressive (exit code != 0?) and makes
dmks abort the build.
Could the warning be more lenient and not abort module building when the
kernel is not supported?
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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virtualbox dkms should not prevent building for unsupported kernel
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