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dkms_apport.py reports bugs for unsupported kernel versions

Bug #940285 reported by Felix Geyer on 2012-02-24

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dkms (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

dkms 2.2.0.2-1ubuntu2 introduced a regression which causes apport to report bugs about unsupported kernel versions.
For example bug #939928 is about kernel 3.3.0-rc4-ux31.

- if not apport.packaging.is_distro_package(kernel_package):
- print >> sys.stderr, 'ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package %s is not supported' % (kernel_package,)
- sys.exit(1)
+ try:
+ apport.packaging.is_distro_package(kernel_package)
+ except ValueError, e:
+ if e == 'package does not exist':
+ print >> sys.stderr, 'ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package %s is not supported' % (kernel_package)
+ sys.exit(1)

The result of is_distro_package() isn't checked at all.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/precise/dkms

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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote on 2012-02-24:

dkms_2.2.0.3-1ubuntu1.debdiff Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain)

Proposed fix:

dkms (2.2.0.3-1ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * Only report bugs about supported kernel versions. This fixes a regression
    introduced in 2.2.0.2-1ubuntu2. (LP: #940285)
    - Add apport_supported_kernel_packages.diff:
      Check the result of is_distro_package() and fix the check if the kernel
      header package is installed at all.

-- Felix Geyer <email address hidden> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:08:47 +0100

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote on 2012-02-27:

Uploaded, thanks for your work on this. It should be sitting in the archive admin review queue.

Do you think you could forward the patch to https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/dkms-devel? (I assume this is the best place for it...)

Changed in dkms (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Fix Committed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-03-01:

This bug was fixed in the package dkms - 2.2.0.3-1ubuntu1

---------------
dkms (2.2.0.3-1ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

Changed in dkms (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Bouke Bunnik (bosyber) wrote on 2013-02-11:

This might not be ontopic for this bug, as I have dkms version 2.2.0.3-1ubuntu1 installed, but what exactly is the intent of the check?

I have kernel-ppa v.3.7.6-030706-generic, with headers installed, but this check seems to stop me from using dkms with it. Same for, for example, the xedgers-ppa kernel 3.7.0-7. Is that intended? It makes it a lot more cumbersome to use these kernels, and makes recompiling kernels and all modules I might want to try myself almost a clean and clear idea. Is there an override?

Sorry if that's al covered somewhere, please point me there if so.