can not build kernel image from source package

[Steven Van Acker]

Hello,

on Ubuntu 15.04 I am trying to build a kernel from its sourcepackage like this:

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
apt-get update && apt-get -y install kernel-package build-essential
latest=linux-image-3.19.0-25-generic
apt-get -y build-dep $latest && apt-get source $latest
yes "" | make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=test kernel_image kernel_headers kernel_source

After a while, the compilation process reports a missing header file:

  CC [M] ubuntu/vbox/vboxguest/VBoxGuest-linux.o
In file included from <command-line>:0:0:
././include/linux/kconfig.h:46:1: fatal error: ./ubuntu/vbox/vboxguest/include/VBox/VBoxGuestMangling.h: No such file or directory
 #endif /* __LINUX_KCONFIG_H */
 ^
compilation terminated.
scripts/Makefile.build:257: recipe for target 'ubuntu/vbox/vboxguest/VBoxGuest-linux.o' failed
make[4]: *** [ubuntu/vbox/vboxguest/VBoxGuest-linux.o] Error 1
scripts/Makefile.build:402: recipe for target 'ubuntu/vbox/vboxguest' failed
make[3]: *** [ubuntu/vbox/vboxguest] Error 2
scripts/Makefile.build:402: recipe for target 'ubuntu/vbox' failed
make[2]: *** [ubuntu/vbox] Error 2
Makefile:949: recipe for target 'ubuntu' failed
make[1]: *** [ubuntu] Error 2

There is a VBoxGuestMangling.h somewhere else in the code-tree, and I've tried symlinking it, but then I just run into
another compile-error later on.
I was under the impression that Ubuntu used its own source packages to produce the kernel images, but now I am not so sure.

kr,
-- Steven

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1481723

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Steven Van Acker (steven-vanacker)]

Hi,

apport-collect is not present on this system and I could not install the "apport" package to which it belongs due to
errors with systemd:

Processing triggers for systemd (219-7ubuntu6) ...
Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24)
Failed to execute operation: Connection timed out
dpkg: error processing package systemd (--unpack):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.8.12-1ubuntu5) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 systemd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Anyway, that is a different issue I bet.
I am attaching the script I used to compile the kernel. In the next post I will also include the output of the compilation process, including the error.

[Steven Van Acker (steven-vanacker)]

And here is the output of said script

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1481723

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.