nvidia-current failed compile without reporting error

Bug #579889 reported by Frits Jalvingh
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: nvidia-current

In Lucid 10.04:
I have a 4GB machine but the installation process installed a non-PAE kernel, causing only 3GB to be available. I manually installed the PAE generic kernel package (BUT FORGOT TO INSTALL THE HEADERS PACKAGE FOR IT) and rebooted, then I installed nvidia-current. Installation did not report an error but X would not start after reboot.

The cause was that the kernel driver compile failed because the headers were missing.

I think nvidia-current should pull those in, and should report an installation failure if they are missing.

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