Package Installation Regression in Utopic: 3.16.0-7

[Joseph Salisbury]

This dkms package fails to in stall on Ubuntu kernels 3.16.0-7 and newer kernels. The package version is the same for Trusty, Utopic and in Debian Sid: 0.0.20130228-3. The error is:

DKMS make.log for langford-0.0.20130108 for kernel 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64)
Thu Oct 23 14:03:45 EDT 2014
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-23-generic'
  LD /var/lib/dkms/langford/0.0.20130108/build/built-in.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/langford/0.0.20130108/build/langford.o
/var/lib/dkms/langford/0.0.20130108/build/langford.c: In function ‘driver_initial’:
/var/lib/dkms/langford/0.0.20130108/build/langford.c:1090:53: error: macro "__DATE__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
  printk(KERN_INFO DRIVER_NAME " Loading... (build " __DATE__ " " __TIME__ ")\n");
                                                     ^
/var/lib/dkms/langford/0.0.20130108/build/langford.c:1090:66: error: macro "__TIME__" might prevent reproducible builds [-Werror=date-time]
  printk(KERN_INFO DRIVER_NAME " Loading... (build " __DATE__ " " __TIME__ ")\n");
                                                                  ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
scripts/Makefile.build:263: recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/langford/0.0.20130108/build/langford.o' failed
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/langford/0.0.20130108/build/langford.o] Error 1
Makefile:1345: recipe for target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/langford/0.0.20130108/build' failed
make: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/langford/0.0.20130108/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-3.16.0-23-generic'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: langford-dkms 0.0.20130228-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.30-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Oct 23 14:10:24 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-20 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20141017)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: langford
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Patch to fix build failure for Utopic and Vivid

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Test deb package

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "langford-dkms-Vivid-Utopic-0.0.20130228.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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[Simon Richter (sjr)]

Fixed in -4 upload.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

utopic has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the utopic task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".