FS#73204 - [dkms] DEST_MODULE_LOCATION in dkms.conf is no longer respected starting v2.8.8

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Angelo Geulin (arvl) - Thursday, 30 December 2021, 20:25 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Thursday, 14 September 2023, 03:30 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
Starting v2.8.8, DEST_MODULE_LOCATION in dkms.conf is no longer used. Instead, dkms overrides it with its own hardcoded location (/updates/dkms). This is caused by a change made by upstream: https://github.com/dell/dkms/commit/e6c14d6b4ebaa66253008251b6485b86d425d7a2

It causes an issue with dkms packages that use DEST_MODULE_LOCATION to take the place of moved files inside the kernel module tree.

DKMS moves overriden modules to its own directory, thus causing missing package files warning in pacman. In previous versions, we avoid these warnings by letting dkms packages files take the place of moved files through DEST_MODULE_LOCATION. This is broken in 2.8.8 onwards.
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 03:30 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  dkms 3.0.11-1
Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Friday, 01 July 2022, 22:05 GMT
https://github.com/dell/dkms/issues/224
Comment by Hanabishi (Hanabishi) - Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 09:47 GMT
Yeah this is kinda inconvinient.

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