[Filesystems-devel] Bug#849568: aufs-dkms: dkms install fails

[Ronny Standtke]

Package: aufs-dkms
Version: 4.8+20161219-1
Severity: important

Installing aufs-dkms doesn't compile and install the kernel module via
dkms.

I re-checked by running dkms on the command line:

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root at debian:~# dkms install -m aufs -v 4.8+20161219

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area...(bad exit status: 2)
make -j12 KERNELRELEASE=4.8.0-2-amd64 -C
/var/lib/dkms/aufs/4.8+20161219/build aufs.ko
KDIR=/lib/modules/4.8.0-2-amd64/build...(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.8.0-2-amd64
(x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/aufs/4.8+20161219/build/make.log for more
information.
root at debian:~# cat /var/lib/dkms/aufs/4.8+20161219/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for aufs-4.8+20161219 for kernel 4.8.0-2-amd64 (x86_64)
Wed Dec 28 18:33:50 CET 2016
make: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/aufs/4.8+20161219/build'
config.mk:54: *** hier.  Stop.
make: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/aufs/4.8+20161219/build'
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It looks like you forgot to enable 0003-enable-CONFIG_AUFS_EXPORT.patch in
debian/patches/series. At least, if I enable this patch and rebuild the
package it correctly compiles and installs the kernel module via dkms.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages aufs-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms  2.3-1

Versions of packages aufs-dkms recommends:
ii  aufs-tools  1:4.1+20161010-1

Versions of packages aufs-dkms suggests:
pn  aufs-dev  <none>

-- no debconf information