blktap-dkms 2.0.93-0.5ubuntu1: blktap kernel module failed to build [error: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] .release = blktap_device_release,]

[Juan C. Garza!]

I was tired of getting the sassy reminder that my "system lacks the snapshot support feature" every time I install software or upgrades using synaptic package manager. I did a search in synaptic of titles and descriptions for "snapshot support" and the blktap-dkms package came up in the list of packages that matched my search. I carefully read through every description to make sure I didn't install something that really wasn't what I was looking for, even though it came up in the list of software that matched my search criteria. When I tried to install the blktap-dkms package the error window popped up, and that's how I got here.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: blktap-dkms 2.0.93-0.5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.10.0-28-generic
Date: Tue Oct 17 09:49:01 2017
DuplicateSignature: dkms:blktap-dkms:2.0.93-0.5ubuntu1:/var/lib/dkms/blktap/2.0.93/build/device.c:124:15: error: initialization from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-18 (29 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
JournalErrors: -- No entries --
PackageVersion: 2.0.93-0.5ubuntu1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: blktap-dkms
Title: blktap-dkms 2.0.93-0.5ubuntu1: blktap kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)