[lttng-dev] LTTng 2.12 modules from PPA fail to install

[Michael Jeanson]

On 2021-01-08 14 h 13, Michael Jeanson via lttng-dev wrote:
> On 2021-01-07 15 h 54, Bernd Hufmann via lttng-dev wrote:
>> Hi LTTng experts,
>>
>> On my Linux Ubuntu 18.04 machine (4.15.0-129-generic kernel) the 
>> installation of the LTTng kernel modules fail using the official PPA. 
>> I found a log file lttng-modules-dkms.0.crash with some details on the 
>> installation failure. See pastebin [1] for the detailed error message.
>>
>> Any ideas what is going on? Please let me know what I can do to 
>> resolve it.
>>
>> In advance thank you very much.
>>
>> BR
>> Bernd
>>
>> [1] https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/747H2V5q7K/ 
>> <https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/747H2V5q7K/>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> There is a fix for this build failure in the stable-2.12 branch but it 
> is not part of a point release yet. In the meantime, you can build 
> modules from the git branch or use the package from the "Latest Stable" 
> ppa [1].
> 
> Once the next point release (2.12.3) happens, it will be uploaded 
> straight away to the 2.12 ppa.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> [1] https://launchpad.net/~lttng/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

The new 2.12.4 release has landed in the stable-2.12 ppa, you should now 
be able to simply update the package to fix the build failure.

Cheers,

Michael