zfs-dkms 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu18: zfs kernel module failed to build

[Charles Hill]

Ubuntu MATE 16.04 standard distro. It looks like there is a common defect across many versions that has not been addressed. If they are trying to fix this, whatever they've been doing is not effective.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: zfs-dkms 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu18
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-42-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
DKMSBuildLog:
 DKMS make.log for zfs-0.6.5.6 for kernel 4.13.0-26-generic (x86_64)
 Thu Jan 11 06:40:09 MST 2018
 make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.13.0-26-generic
Date: Thu Jan 11 06:40:12 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-16 (25 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215)
PackageVersion: 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu18
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: zfs-linux
Title: zfs-dkms 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu18: zfs kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Colin Ian King (colin-king)]

On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and newer, there's no need to use the zfs DKMS packages.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Colin Ian King (colin-king)]

The zfs DKMS package is no longer required as the ZFS filesystem modules are now built into the kernel package, so a quick fix is to remove the zfs-dkms packagage