[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#921305: zfs-dkms: fails to upgrade from stretch

[Hilko Bengen]

* Andreas Beckmann:

> I don't think that will help, but one would have to try it.
> In my test the new spl-dkms was already installed and configured.
>
> The problematic part was:
>
> configure new spl-dkms (build for linux-headers-foo-old)
> install new linux-headers-foo
> configure new zfs-dkms (build for both linux-headers-foo-old and
> linux-headers-foo-new - misses spl for linux-headers-foo-new)

You're right -- The Debian package dependencies may not be enough here.
I had a look at the dkms.conf file for zfs and think that dkms really
ought to build spl for linux-headers-foo-new:

,----
| BUILD_DEPENDS[0]="spl"
`----

Now I wonder why this has no effect -- and whether  BUILD_DEPENDS in
DKMS means what I think it means...

Cheers,
-Hilko