[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#695824: dkms: Cannot locate dkms.conf

[Tom Epperly]

Package: dkms
Version: 2.2.0.3-1.2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I was doing an apt-get dist-upgrade, and this is what I saw:

Setting up libxapian22 (1.2.12-2) ...
Setting up libxenstore3.0 (4.1.3-7) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common (3.2.35-1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-3.2.0-4-amd64 (3.2.35-1) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms 3.2.0-4-amd64
Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File:  does not exist.
Setting up linux-libc-dev:amd64 (3.2.35-1) ...
Setting up m17n-db (1.6.4-1) ...
Setting up m17n-contrib (1.1.14-1) ...
Setting up mkvtoolnix (5.9.0-1) ...
Setting up openexr (1.6.1-7) ...

Later in the terminal window, I did the following which reproduces the error.

# /usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller
Usage: /usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller {start}
# /usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller  start
[....] dkms: running auto installation service for kernel
3.2.0-4-amd64:Error! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File:  does not exist.
. ok

I don't know where dkms.conf is supposed to be or where it's supposed
to come from.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
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
ii  coreutils          8.20-3
ii  dpkg-dev           1.16.9
ii  gcc                4:4.7.2-1
ii  make               3.81-8.2
ii  module-init-tools  9-2
ii  patch              2.6.1-3

Versions of packages dkms recommends:
ii  fakeroot                                     1.18.4-2
ii  linux-headers-3.0.0-1-amd64 [linux-headers]  3.0.0-4
ii  linux-headers-3.0.0-2-amd64 [linux-headers]  3.0.0-6
ii  linux-headers-3.1.0-1-amd64 [linux-headers]  3.1.8-2
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-1-amd64 [linux-headers]  3.2.7-1
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-2-amd64 [linux-headers]  3.2.20-1
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-3-amd64 [linux-headers]  3.2.23-1
ii  linux-headers-3.2.0-4-amd64 [linux-headers]  3.2.35-1
ii  linux-headers-amd64 [linux-headers]          3.2+46
ii  linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64 [linux-image]      3.0.0-4
ii  linux-image-3.0.0-2-amd64 [linux-image]      3.0.0-6
ii  linux-image-3.1.0-1-amd64 [linux-image]      3.1.8-2
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-1-amd64 [linux-image]      3.2.7-1
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-2-amd64 [linux-image]      3.2.20-1
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-3-amd64 [linux-image]      3.2.23-1
ii  linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 [linux-image]      3.2.35-1
ii  menu                                         2.1.46
ii  sudo                                         1.8.5p2-1

dkms suggests no packages.

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