Binary package hint: dkms
I was attempting to install openafs-modules-dkms. some issue caused this to fail. dkms was unable to write an error log, due to /var/crash not existing.
sam@sam-virtual-machine:~$ sudo apt-get install openafs-modules-dkms
[sudo] password for sam:
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Building dependency tree
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The following extra packages will be installed:
bison dkms fakeroot flex m4 patch
Suggested packages:
bison-doc build-essential diffutils-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed
bison dkms fakeroot flex m4 openafs-modules-dkms patch
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
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Processing triggers for install-info ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up m4 (1.4.14-3) ...
Setting up flex (2.5.35-10) ...
Setting up bison (1:2.4.1.dfsg-3) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/bison.yacc to provide /usr/bin/yacc (yacc) in auto mode.
Setting up patch (2.6-3) ...
Setting up dkms (2.1.1.2-5ubuntu1) ...
Setting up fakeroot (1.14.4-1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv to provide /usr/bin/fakeroot (fakeroot) in auto mode.
Setting up openafs-modules-dkms (1.4.12.1+dfsg-3) ...
Loading new openafs-1.4.12.1 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 2.6.37-11-generic
Building initial module for 2.6.37-11-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 2.6.37-11-generic (x86_64)
Consult the make.log in the build directory
/var/lib/dkms/openafs/1.4.12.1/build/ for more information.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms.py", line 57, in <module>
report.write(open(apport.fileutils.make_report_path(report), 'w'))
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/crash/openafs-modules-dkms.0.crash'
sam@sam-virtual-machine:~$
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: dkms 2.1.1.2-5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-11.25-generic 2.6.37-rc7
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-11-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 4 21:23:43 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110104)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dkms
after making /var/crash and running again i submitted Bug #697425