[SOLVED] Error kernel upgrade: dkms.conf for this module includes a BUILD_EXCLUSIVE directive which does not

[cmonty14]

Hello!

I have started apt upgrade and this includes kernel upgrade to pve-kernel-4.10.17-3-pve (4.10.17-21).
However, there's an error when implementing this new kernel:
pve-kernel-4.10.17-3-pve (4.10.17-21) wird eingerichtet ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 4.10.17-3-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.17-3-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 4.10.17-3-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.17-3-pve
Error! The dkms.conf for this module includes a BUILD_EXCLUSIVE directive which
does not match this kernel/arch. This indicates that it should not be built.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 4.10.17-3-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.17-3-pve
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.10.17-3-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/unattended-upgrades 4.10.17-3-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.17-3-pve
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 4.10.17-3-pve /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.17-3-pve

Checking the content of dkms.conf shows that it is empty:
root@pc4-svp:/home# cat /etc/modprobe.d/dkms.conf
# modprobe information used for DKMS modules
#
# This is a stub file, should be edited when needed,
# used by default by DKMS.
root@pc4-svp:/home#

How can I fix this error?

THX

 

[fabian]

"dkms status" will probably tell you which module failed to build, but this is not related to PVE

 

[cmonty14]

root@pc4-svp:/etc/pve/nodes/pc4-svp# dkms status
aufs, 4.9+20161219, 4.9.0-3-amd64, x86_64: installed

I can't see why this error is called.

 

[fabian]

you have the package aufs-dkms installed, which is only compatible with a 4.9 kernel.

 

[cmonty14]

Your root cause analysis is correct.
I just don't understand why package aufs-dkms is not uninstalled when installing newer kernel.

 

[fabian]

Your root cause analysis is correct.
I just don't understand why package aufs-dkms is not uninstalled when installing newer kernel.

why would it? our pve-kernel packages and aufs-dkms have no dependency relation.. you could argue that aufs-dkms should have a stronger dependency on a specific kernel version if it only builds on that, but you'd have to take that up with its Debian maintainers

 

[Ovidiu]

I just wanted to add that I had the exact same problem right now with Debian Buster so it seems nothing has changed

As I am not aware of having a need for aufs-dkms I have uninstalled it.

 

[seevee]

I just had this exact same issue come up while updating to 6.2.16-5 from 6.2.16-4 (this machine had previously been upgraded from kernel 4, but has seen several updates since then).

No idea why it only showed now, but sudo apt remove aufs-dkms completely fixed it.