[Pkg-dkms-maint] Bug#758485: dkms: "sed: -e expression #1, char 6: unknown command: `m'" when installing nvidia

[Olivier Berger]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 02:09:39AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> 
> When updating nvidia-kernel-dkms, I observed the following:
> 

SNIP

> sed: -e expression #1, char 6: unknown command: `m'
> 
> I have not been able to identify the source of this sed error, sorry.
> 
FWIW, I've just experienced a similar error in rebuilding virtualbox guest modules :

# LANG=C dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-guest-dkms

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module:  virtualbox-guest
Version: 4.3.14
Kernel:  3.14-2-686-pae (i686)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

vboxguest.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.14-2-686-pae/updates/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.


vboxsf.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.14-2-686-pae/updates/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.


vboxvideo.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.14-2-686-pae/updates/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod....

DKMS: uninstall completed.

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 4.3.14
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new virtualbox-guest-4.3.14 DKMS files...
Building only for 3.14-2-686-pae
Building initial module for 3.14-2-686-pae
Done.

vboxguest:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.14-2-686-pae/updates/

vboxsf.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.14-2-686-pae/updates/

vboxvideo.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.14-2-686-pae/updates/

sed: -e expression #1, char 6: unknown command: `m'
depmod....

DKMS: install completed.



Hope this helps.

Best regards,
-- 
Olivier BERGER 
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Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF
Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France)