Since 12.10, the kernel header packages for Ubuntu are not installed by
default. This breaks all DKMS modules, including virtualbox and nvidia-
current. I maintain the DKMS module "bbswitch" and it is tempting to add
a dependency on "linux-headers-generic" because Ubuntu/dkms screws this
up.
DKMS is used for building kernel modules, without headers it cannot do
anything. In Raring, the dependency on linux-headers is completely
removed, trusting the initial Ubuntu installer even more. Is this
reasonable? I don't think so, the dependencies should be handled by
dpkg, not by the installer. If DKMS cannot function without kernel
headers, it MUST install kernel headers.
** Also affects: dkms (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
No way to specify correct dependencies for dkms packages (nvidia
driver install fails to get matching header)
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