Broken include/asm symlinks

[Seth Arnold]

When trying to assist a user compiling modules on Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8409165/linux-device-driver-ed-3-code-compilation-errors-and-linux-header-files I found that the /usr/src/linux-headers-*-generic/include/asm symbolic links have been broken for a while:

The ls(1) coloring shows the following symlinks are _good_:

# ls -ld */include/asm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-01-14 22:48 linux-headers-2.6.31-17-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-02-10 16:08 linux-headers-2.6.31-19-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-03-04 02:29 linux-headers-2.6.31-20-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-04-29 14:25 linux-headers-2.6.31-21-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-04-29 18:10 linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-05-05 02:15 linux-headers-2.6.32-22-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-07-02 21:00 linux-headers-2.6.32-23-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-08-02 04:51 linux-headers-2.6.32-24-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-09-28 23:05 linux-headers-2.6.32-25-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-11-26 22:30 linux-headers-2.6.32-26-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2010-12-28 17:43 linux-headers-2.6.32-27-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86

The ls(1) coloring shows the following symlinks are _broken_:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2011-08-08 18:35 linux-headers-2.6.38-10-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2011-09-26 15:59 linux-headers-2.6.38-11-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2011-10-25 15:13 linux-headers-2.6.38-12-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2011-12-03 22:49 linux-headers-2.6.38-13-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2011-03-30 23:49 linux-headers-2.6.38-7-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86

Thanks

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 901079

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

There's no need to collect logs as this is not a runtime problem -- it is baked into the packaging and can be inspected without actually booting or running. Static inspection is sufficient.

Thanks

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

It looks like files in /usr/src/linux-headers-*-generic/include/asm were moved in this commit:

bb8985586b7a906e116db835c64773b7a7d51663

I also noticed the symlink for the 3.0 kernel is invalid:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2011-10-07 16:16 linux-headers-3.0.0-12-generic/include/asm -> asm-x86

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

This looks like a duplicate of bug 974403, so I am marking it as such. Bug 974403 was resolved with the following:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2012-April/019829.html