Package: kpatch-dkms Version: 0.3.1-1 Severity: serious Justification: fails to build from source
kpatch-dkms refuses to build for a different than the running kernel. Tested in a sid chroot with linux-headers-4.3.0-1-amd64 installed on a jessie host (running kernel 3.16.0-4-amd64): # dkms build kpatch/0.3.1 -k 4.3.0-1-amd64 Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping... Building module: cleaning build area.... make KERNELRELEASE=4.3.0-1-amd64 -C kmod/ BUILD_MODULE=yes KERNELDIR=/lib/modules/4.3.0-1-amd64/build....(bad exit status: 2) Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/kpatch/0.3.1/build/make.log for more information. and this is the content of /var/lib/dkms/kpatch/0.3.1/build/make.log: DKMS make.log for kpatch-0.3.1 for kernel 4.3.0-1-amd64 (x86_64) Fri Jan 22 00:43:26 UTC 2016 make: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/kpatch/0.3.1/build/kmod' make -C core clean make[1]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/kpatch/0.3.1/build/kmod/core' Makefile:6: *** /lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/build doesn\'t exist. Try installing the kernel-devel-3.16.0-4-amd64 RPM or linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64-dbg DEB.. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/kpatch/0.3.1/build/kmod/core' Makefile:23: recipe for target 'clean' failed make: *** [clean] Error 2 make: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/kpatch/0.3.1/build/kmod' Andreas
