[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#983179: zfs-dkms: fails to build with backports kernel 5.10.0-0.bpo.3-amd64

[Antonio Russo]

Control: fixed -1 2.0.2-1

Hello,

Unfortunately, it took a while to get 2.0 into backports.  This should
now be resolved.  That said, if you look at the bug reports for ZFS,
there's a recurring theme---people often upgrade their kernel and find
that ZFS is not compatible.  You point out:

> btw: Is there any way I can tell the kernel installer or the initramfs
> creation to fail if the the ZFS module has not been compiled?

I think that we should consider

 - Warning the user if the ZFS does not explicitly support an installed
   version of Linux
 - Warning the user more loudly if the DKMS build fails

The second of these is a DKMS feature, I think.

Antonio
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