[Pkg-zfsonlinux-devel] Bug#1110848: zfs-dkms: Upgrade/installation of a zfs-dkms fails: dkms.conf: Error! Unsupported AUTOINSTALL value 'Y'

[Andreas Beckmann]

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On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:37:42 +0000 
debian-mailing-list-.stoic813 at passmail.net wrote:
> Package: zfs-dkmsVersion: 2.3.2-2
> ...
> Installing /lib/modules/6.1.0-37-amd64/updates/dkms/zfs.ko
> Installing /lib/modules/6.1.0-37-amd64/updates/dkms/spl.ko
> Running depmod.... done.
> dkms.conf: Error! Unsupported AUTOINSTALL value 'Y'
> 
> Error! Bad conf file.
> File:  does not represent a valid dkms.conf file.
> 
> The error is false, because the file /usr/src/zfs-2.3.2/dkms.conf contains valid line:
> AUTOINSTALL="yes"

Do you have any (locally created) config file in /etc/dkms setting the 
wrong value?

grep -r AUTOINSTALL= /etc/dkms/

Is there any stale file in /var/lib/dkms setting the wrong value?

grep -r AUTOINSTALL= /var/lib/dkms/

Andreas