[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#903112: Bug#903112: Waits for spl build directory

[Aron Xu]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 6:27 PM Yuri D'Elia <wavexx at thregr.org> wrote:
>
> Package: zfs-dkms
> Version: 0.7.9-3
> Followup-For: Bug #903112
>
> After reading through config/kernel.m4, I encourage the debian package
> of zfs-dkms to add:
>
>   --with-spl-timeout=0
>
> to the configure invocation. Concurrent build of spl and dkms is *not*
> possible in debian, as spl is listed as a pre-depends for zfs.
>
> The current behavior stalls the build process if any incompatible kernel
> happens to be installed. This shouldn't happen.
>

It's still possible to happen when upgrading both of the packages,
pre-depends only avoids the problem on fresh installation. Let's think
about an alternative way to solve incompatible kernel problem.

Cheers,
Aron