acpi-call 1.1.0-3 ADT test failure with linux 4.12.0-4.5

[Seth Forshee]

Testing failed on:
    amd64: https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-artful-canonical-kernel-team-unstable/artful/amd64/a/acpi-call/20170627_060518_3ded6@/log.gz
    i386: https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-artful-canonical-kernel-team-unstable/artful/i386/a/acpi-call/20170627_060751_3ded6@/log.gz
    ppc64el: https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-artful-canonical-kernel-team-unstable/artful/ppc64el/a/acpi-call/20170627_060932_3ded6@/log.gz

[Colin Ian King (colin-king)]

https://launchpad.net/~colin-king/+archive/ubuntu/acpi-call-lp1700783/+files/acpi-call_1.1.0-3_1.1.0-3ubuntu1.diff.gz

[Colin Ian King (colin-king)]

Test package in: https://launchpad.net/~colin-king/+archive/ubuntu/acpi-call-lp1700783

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package acpi-call - 1.1.0-3ubuntu1

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acpi-call (1.1.0-3ubuntu1) artful; urgency=low

  * Fix build failure on 4.12 (LP: #1700783)
    - include the correct header for copy_from_user prototype

 -- Colin Ian King <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:21:38 +0100

[Christoph Grimmer-Dietrich (christoph-grimmer)]

Sorry if this is noobish.
According to

https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&keywords=acpi-call&searchon=names

the fix is only available in the artful repository which means that I cannot use the 4.12 kernel with zesty unless I'm willing to torture my computer beyond running an upstream kernel, right?

[Benjamin Schmid (benbuntu)]

@christoph-grimmer The fix is only relevant _if_ you already want to use an upstream kernel and not the provided versions by the distribution.

This might be the case if you (like me) use i.e. the Ukuu utility (http://www.teejeetech.in/p/ukuu-kernel-upgrade-utility.html) to run newer kernels than the one provided by the distribution i.e. to support very new hardware.

In that case downloading http://ppa.launchpad.net/colin-king/acpi-call-lp1700783/ubuntu/pool/main/a/acpi-call/acpi-call-dkms_1.1.0-3ubuntu1_all.deb and installing it via gtk-debi does the trick.

But as it sounds you are seeing a rather different issue.