Bug#972582: nvidia-kernel-dkms: The DKMS build fails with incompatible pointer types.

[Nathanael Schweers]

Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
Version: 450.66-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
     I tried to install the nvidia-driver.  I had done so previously,
     but due to package conflicts on a full-upgrade I decided to remove
     and reinstall the package.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     I removed every package relating to nvidia by issuing the following
     command: aptitude purge '~invidia'.  I tried to install the package
     'nvidia-driver', which in turn depends on 'nvidia-kernel-dkms'.  As
     the latter failed I also tried installing and reinstalling it
     separately, both with and without repeating the aforementioned
     purge command first.  I also waited for a few days in case a new
     fixed version would appear.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   It resolved the previous (unrelated?) package conflict, yet it now
     leaves the system an nvidia graphics driver.
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
   I expected the package conflicts to be resolved and to have a working
     nvidia graphics driver again.

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

Kernel: Linux 5.9.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms                       2.8.3-4
pn  nvidia-installer-cleanup   <none>
pn  nvidia-kernel-support--v1  <none>

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms recommends:
pn  nvidia-driver | libcuda1  <none>

nvidia-kernel-dkms suggests no packages.