fwts-efi-runtime-dkms 14.03.01-0ubuntu4: fwts-efi-runtime-dkms kernel module failed to build

[Felix Kuehling]

DKMS kernel build against linux-headers-4.4.0-63-generic fails. I see that /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-63-generic is full of broken symlinks:

$ ls -l /usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-63-generic
total 1252
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 9 10:52 arch
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Feb 2 11:33 block -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/block
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Feb 2 11:33 certs -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/certs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Feb 2 11:33 crypto -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/crypto
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 Feb 2 11:33 Documentation -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/Documentation
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Feb 2 11:33 drivers -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/drivers
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Feb 2 11:33 firmware -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/firmware
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 2 11:33 fs -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/fs
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 9 10:52 include
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Feb 2 11:33 init -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/init
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Feb 2 11:33 ipc -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/ipc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Feb 2 11:33 Kbuild -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/Kbuild
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Feb 2 11:33 Kconfig -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/Kconfig
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 9 10:52 kernel
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Feb 2 11:33 lib -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Feb 2 11:33 Makefile -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/Makefile
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Feb 2 11:33 mm -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/mm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1245512 Feb 2 11:33 Module.symvers
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Feb 2 11:33 net -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/net
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Feb 2 11:33 samples -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/samples
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 20480 Feb 9 10:52 scripts
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 Feb 2 11:33 security -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/security
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Feb 2 11:33 sound -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/sound
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Feb 2 11:33 spl -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/spl
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 Feb 2 11:33 tools -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 Feb 2 11:33 ubuntu -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/ubuntu
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Feb 2 11:33 usr -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/usr
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 Feb 2 11:33 virt -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/virt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Feb 2 11:33 zfs -> ../linux-lts-xenial-headers-4.4.0-63/zfs

It looks like a problem with linux-headers-4.4.0-63:
$ sudo dpkg --listfiles linux-headers-4.4.0-63
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/linux-headers-4.4.0-63
/usr/share/doc/linux-headers-4.4.0-63/copyright
/usr/share/doc/linux-headers-4.4.0-63/changelog.Debian.gz

It doesn't include any header files.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: fwts-efi-runtime-dkms 14.03.01-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-62.83~14.04.1-generic 4.4.40
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-62-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.23
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.4.0-63-generic
Date: Thu Feb 9 10:35:19 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-05-20 (2456 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
PackageVersion: 14.03.01-0ubuntu4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17
SourcePackage: fwts
Title: fwts-efi-runtime-dkms 14.03.01-0ubuntu4: fwts-efi-runtime-dkms kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-05-06 (644 days ago)

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This change was made by a bot.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

This looks like a duplicate of bug 1663558

[Walter Mautner (retlaw-rentuam)]

This also prohibits installation of nvidia-dkms and most probably others.