OpenAFS fails to build on trusty kernel 3.12 [openafs-modules-dkms 1.6.5.1-1: openafs kernel module failed to build]

[Anders Kaseorg]

OpenAFS doesn’t build with CONFIG_UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS=y (required by CONFIG_USER_NS). Patches don’t appear to exist upstream yet. That’s awkward.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: openafs-modules-dkms 1.6.5.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-1.3-generic 3.12.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.12.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.6-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.12.0-1-generic
Date: Thu Oct 31 06:51:55 2013
DuplicateSignature: dkms:openafs-modules-dkms:1.6.5.1-1:/var/lib/dkms/openafs/1.6.5.1/build/src/afs/LINUX/osi_machdep.h:160:17: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘kuid_t’ from type ‘uid_t’
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-12-05 (1061 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 1.6.5.1-1
SourcePackage: openafs
Title: openafs-modules-dkms 1.6.5.1-1: openafs kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-10-31 (0 days ago)

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

I submitted a patch upstream for review: http://gerrit.openafs.org/10386

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

The patch (actually now three patches) was merged upstream into the branch that will become 1.6.6.

http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=commitdiff;h=70790f87b7b0ef3746c043a868c4306e05008ecd
http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=commitdiff;h=30160ad6eec3c290a770b6069fc106f452e5b4ba
http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git;a=commitdiff;h=8f88530289297117b001d81843e3ac23564815d0

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package openafs - 1.6.5.1-1ubuntu1

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openafs (1.6.5.1-1ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low

  * Include patches by Anders Kaseorg to fix FTBFS on trusty's kernel.
    (LP: #1246675)
 -- Luke Faraone <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:02:43 -0500

[Pali (pali)]

This problem is also on Ubuntu LTS Precise with Kernel Enablement Stack.

[Luke Faraone (lfaraone)]

Pali: Precise's HWE kernel is currently Saucy's kernel. The FTBFS with Saucy was recorded in bug 1222376 and is fixed in Saucy.

The tracking bug for the Stable Release Update we've prepared for Precise is bug 1206387.

This bug will become relevant once the trusty kernel is backported via the HWE stack, but that shouldn't happen until much later in the cycle.