[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#963742: spl-dkms missing makefile

[Ryan Richter]

In installing the latest kernel update on buster-LTS, I had this same
problem.  The file /var/lib/dkms/spl/0.6.5.9/build/make.log says:

DKMS make.log for spl-0.6.5.9 for kernel 4.19.0-0.bpo.17-amd64 (x86_64)
Sat Jul 31 12:49:28 EDT 2021
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.




ls /var/lib/dkms/spl/0.6.5.9/build/        
aclocal.m4   cmd/        configure.ac   DISCLAIMER  Makefile.am  META
spl_config.h.in
AUTHORS      config/     copy-builtin*  dkms.conf   Makefile.in  module/
spl.release.in
autogen.sh*  config.log  COPYING        include/    make.log     rpm/
build/       configure*  cp*            lib/        man/
scripts/



So indeed there appears to be no makefile.

This is a very serious bug as it makes it impossible to install kernel
security updates without losing zfs!

Thanks,
-ryan