Public bug reported:
I was doing a distro upgrade from 21.04 to 21.10, then when it arrived
to the nvidia packages the install broke and I later figured out that it
was because on my system cc points to clang.
Granted, apparently gcc is needed instead for the compilation process
(and I got it to work by changing cc to gcc in update-alternatives), but
I think a more explicit error message should have been shown (for
example good cmake build systems do warn the user if an incompatible
compiler is being used) instead of entirely breaking the upgrade process
and leaving me to finish everything manually using the terminal. The
upgrade tool should have checked the compiler that is being used and
temporarily set it to gcc for the nvidia driver.
Output of "lsb_release -rd":
Description: Ubuntu 21.10
Release: 21.10
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: nvidia-kernel-source-470 470.74-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-19.19-generic 5.13.14
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu70
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
DKMSKernelVersion: 5.13.0-19-generic
Date: Sat Oct 16 21:25:08 2021
Dependencies:
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-kernel-source-470:470.74-0ubuntu1:clang: error:
unsupported option '-dumpspecs'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-10 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
PackageVersion: 470.74-0ubuntu1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.9, Python 3.9.7, python3-minimal, 3.9.4-1build1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.20.9ubuntu2
apt 2.3.9
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-470
Title: nvidia-kernel-source-470 470.74-0ubuntu1: nvidia kernel module failed to
build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-16 (0 days ago)
** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-package impish need-duplicate-check
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1947470
Title:
nvidia-kernel-source-470 470.74-0ubuntu1: nvidia kernel module failed
to build
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-470 package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I was doing a distro upgrade from 21.04 to 21.10, then when it arrived
to the nvidia packages the install broke and I later figured out that
it was because on my system cc points to clang.
Granted, apparently gcc is needed instead for the compilation process
(and I got it to work by changing cc to gcc in update-alternatives),
but I think a more explicit error message should have been shown (for
example good cmake build systems do warn the user if an incompatible
compiler is being used) instead of entirely breaking the upgrade
process and leaving me to finish everything manually using the
terminal. The upgrade tool should have checked the compiler that is
being used and temporarily set it to gcc for the nvidia driver.
Output of "lsb_release -rd":
Description: Ubuntu 21.10
Release: 21.10
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: nvidia-kernel-source-470 470.74-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-19.19-generic 5.13.14
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu70
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
DKMSKernelVersion: 5.13.0-19-generic
Date: Sat Oct 16 21:25:08 2021
Dependencies:
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-kernel-source-470:470.74-0ubuntu1:clang:
error: unsupported option '-dumpspecs'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-10 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.04 "Hirsute Hippo" - Release amd64 (20210420)
PackageVersion: 470.74-0ubuntu1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.9, Python 3.9.7, python3-minimal,
3.9.4-1build1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.20.9ubuntu2
apt 2.3.9
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-470
Title: nvidia-kernel-source-470 470.74-0ubuntu1: nvidia kernel module failed
to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-16 (0 days ago)
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