[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#613679: dkms_autoinstaller rebuilds the whole kernel

[Norbert Preining]

Package: dkms
Version: 2.1.1.2-5
Severity: normal

Hi everyone,

I build my kernels regularly from git checkouts, after which I call
	make modules_install
	make install
since some time the make install call kicks off some (somehow broken)
dkms calls. Broken in the sense that calling make install *rebuilds*
the *whole* kernel just for building a module. This is not to be expected.

I believe, from looking at the running processes, that the dkms_autoinstaller
which is run from /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms, calls the equivalent of
make clean in the kernel tree instead of the module tree, but that is
a wild guess.

It would be nice if that could be fixed, since it is a bit a pain.

Thanks and all the best

Norbert


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-rc4-dt+ (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages dkms depends on:
ii  build-essential               11.5       Informational list of build-essent
ii  coreutils                     8.5-1      GNU core utilities
ii  dpkg-dev                      1.15.8.10  Debian package development tools
ii  gcc                           4:4.4.5-2  The GNU C compiler
ii  make                          3.81-8     An utility for Directing compilati
ii  module-init-tools             3.12-1     tools for managing Linux kernel mo

Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii  fakeroot                      1.14.5-2   Gives a fake root environment
pn  linux-headers-2.6-686 | linux <none>     (no description available)
pn  linux-image                   <none>     (no description available)
ii  menu                          2.1.44     generates programs menu for all me
ii  patch                         2.6.1-1    Apply a diff file to an original
ii  sudo                          1.7.4p6-1  Provide limited super user privile

dkms suggests no packages.

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