Originally reported here: https://github.com/dell/dkms/issues/73 >I have observed an inconsistency in the behavior of DKMS regarding the substitution of the variables $kernelver and $arch in build scripts. >It is documented that $kernelver within dkms.conf will be substituted with the version of the kernel the module is being built for. This appears to extend to build scripts (PRE_BUILD, POST_BUILD, etc.) specified within the conf file: guides such as this one use it within their own build scripts, as part of a setup that presumably works for them. > >I confirmed this behavior when initially performing a dkms install for a module on my current kernel: my script was executed with the proper values filled in for the variables. It was during a later kernel update that I noticed my modules weren't being signed automatically. After some digging, I discovered that the dkms autoinstall command run by the kernel update script was not substituting these variables in my script, naturally causing the signing to fail. (The module was otherwise built correctly.) > >For now, I've rewritten my script to take these variables as command-line parameters rather than relying on substitution by DKMS. (dkms autoinstall still performs substitutions in dkms.conf; the line POST_BUILD="sign.sh $kernelver $arch" behaves as expected.) >I observed this behavior with DKMS version 2.6 on Fedora 29.
Same on Fedora 30.
Changing to component 'kernel' because 'dkms' seems to have just one person on CC list.
The DKMS scripts are maintained by a different team. Please keep it on there for now unless you identify a specific fix required for the kernel. Also note that module signing was broken for a bit with the 5.0 series. Please test on 5.0.10-200 for F29.
Kernel version 5.0.10-200 is required to be able to load the self-signed module at all (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1701096)- But my problem is related to the way, the POST_BUILD script is invoked. This works: sudo dkms install veeamsnap/3.0.1.1046 -k 5.0.10-200.fc29.x86_64 This is failing: sudo dkms remove veeamsnap/3.0.1.1046 -k 5.0.10-200.fc29.x86_64 sudo dkms autoinstall When using autoinstall, the variables ($module, $module_version, $kernelver, $arch) are not substituted when invoking the POST_BUILD script.
Background information: The issue in the first post is from somebody else. I stumbled over it when I was troubleshooting the same issue on my side. But it seems like nobody cares about in that DELL issue tracker as this is clearly not a hardware vendor thing. My context is this one: https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-agent-for-linux-f41/uefi-secure-boot-on-fedora-t59054.html
Seems like dkms autoinstall isn't called at all any more starting with kernel 5.0.10 or 5.0.11.
I have noticed that dkms has trouble to build modules for newly installed kernels during system boot (i.e. by dkms service). The module itself builds fine but depmod fails: depmod: FATAL: renameat(/lib/modules/5.0.14-300.fc30.x86_64, modules.dep.tmp, /lib/modules/5.0.14-300.fc30.x86_64, modules.dep): No such file or directory However, if I call dkms autoinstall manually after boot, module installs just fine.
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DKMS 2.8.2 has been pushed to Bodhi right now, if someone wants to make a test.
I was seeing the same issue. Using dkms-2.8.2-1 from updates-testing and configuring the sign_tool in /etc/dkms/framework.conf makes "dkms autoinstall" work again.
(In reply to Simon Lanzmich from comment #11) > I was seeing the same issue. > > Using dkms-2.8.2-1 from updates-testing and configuring the sign_tool in > /etc/dkms/framework.conf makes "dkms autoinstall" work again. Does it also work without the sign_tool being set? Btw, just created an update for 2.8.3.
Running a POST_BUILD script with dkms-2.8.3-1.fc32 still shows the original issue, environment variables "$kernelver" and "$arch" are only set with "dkms install", not "dkms autoinstall".
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