[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#824975: zfs-dkms: Module fails to build without kernel-headers

Richard Laager rlaager at wiktel.com
Mon May 23 19:51:55 UTC 2016


On Sun, 22 May 2016 01:54:04 +0200 Nicolas Braud-Santoni 
<nicolas at braud-santoni.eu> wrote:
> The zfs-dkms module fails to build without kernel headers,
>   yet there seem to be no dependency set on that package.

This is the case with all dkms modules, so the dependency belongs on 
dkms, if anywhere.

I believe it's intentional that it's NOT on the dkms package. There's a 
Recommends, but not a Depends. IIRC, the rationale was that people might 
have custom kernels.

-- 
Richard



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