[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#1012305: Bug#1012305: zfsutils-linux: tried to instal zfsutils-linux on 2 systems, it fails to compile the module on both.

[Aron Xu]

Hi,

On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 6:21 PM Andrei <andrei.hornoiu at ist.ac.at> wrote:
>
> Package: zfsutils-linux
> Version: 2.0.3-9
> Severity: important
> X-Debbugs-Cc: andrei.hornoiu at ist.ac.at
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I recently tried to install zfsutils-linux on 2 separate Debian11.2 desktop
> installation. Initially it was a test instance on my main system, which I dual-
> booted with the previous system. The initial ubuntu install has zfs installed
> and working. The installation of zfsutils-linux on the debian 11 install failed
> at the modules, just like now. This attempts was several months ago.
>
> I tried again today on my laptop that also is running Debian 11 desktop just to
> see if it was fixed. It also failed to install and failed to compile the
> modules.
>

I have tried this again with an up-to-date bullseye VM and it worked fine.

> The relevant section is:
> Setting up zfs-dkms (2.0.3-9) ...
> Removing old zfs-2.0.3 DKMS files...
>
> ------------------------------
> Deleting module version: 2.0.3
> completely from the DKMS tree.
> ------------------------------
> Done.
> Loading new zfs-2.0.3 DKMS files...
> Building for 5.10.0-14-amd64
> Building initial module for 5.10.0-14-amd64
> grep: /lib/modules/5.10.0-14-amd64/build/include/linux/miscdevice.h: No such
> file or directory

Missing this file means that you don't have the proper header package
installed, would you mind double checking whether you have
linux-headers-5.10.0-14-common installed?

Regards,
Aron