[arch-general] dkms (2.8.5-1 -> 2.8.6-1) now old directories left under /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2021-09-11 at 04:26 -0500, David C. Rankin:
> After upgrade of dkms (2.8.5-1 -> 2.8.6-1), it failed to erase the old
> directory entries each time a new module was built.

Hi,

indeed kernel-5.13.13-arch1-1-x86_64 vs kernel-5.14.2-arch1-2-x86_64 on
my install. I'm using virtualbox-bin from AUR.

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ /bin/ls -l /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Sep 10 07:59 6.1.26_non_OSE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   53 Jul 29 18:24 kernel-4.19.185-rt76-0.300-securityink-x86_64 -> 6.1.26_non_OSE/4.19.185-rt76-0.300-securityink/x86_64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   52 Jul 29 18:24 kernel-4.19.190-rt79-0.300-cornflower-x86_64 -> 6.1.26_non_OSE/4.19.190-rt79-0.300-cornflower/x86_64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   42 Jul 29 18:23 kernel-4.19.191-rt80-0.1000-x86_64 -> 6.1.26_non_OSE/4.19.191-rt80-0.1000/x86_64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   51 Jul 29 18:23 kernel-4.19.193-rt81-0.300-pussytoes-x86_64 -> 6.1.26_non_OSE/4.19.193-rt81-0.300-pussytoes/x86_64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   37 Aug 28 17:17 kernel-5.13.13-arch1-1-x86_64 -> 6.1.26_non_OSE/5.13.13-arch1-1/x86_64
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   36 Sep 10 07:59 kernel-5.14.2-arch1-2-x86_64 -> 6.1.26_non_OSE/5.14.2-arch1-2/x86_64

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ grep -evirtualbox-bin\ \( -edkms /var/log/pacman.log | grep upgrade | tail -8
[2020-12-17T08:11:14+0100] [ALPM] upgraded virtualbox-bin (6.1.16-1 -> 6.1.16-2)
[2021-01-23T08:56:58+0100] [ALPM] upgraded virtualbox-bin (6.1.16-2 -> 6.1.18-1)
[2021-04-22T06:40:41+0200] [ALPM] upgraded virtualbox-bin (6.1.18-1 -> 6.1.20-1)
[2021-05-01T21:44:16+0200] [ALPM] upgraded virtualbox-bin (6.1.20-1 -> 6.1.22-1)
[2021-07-21T01:05:41+0200] [ALPM] upgraded virtualbox-bin (6.1.22-1 -> 6.1.24-1)
[2021-07-29T18:22:06+0200] [ALPM] upgraded virtualbox-bin (6.1.24-1 -> 6.1.26-1)
[2021-08-31T07:55:48+0200] [ALPM] upgraded dkms (2.8.4-1 -> 2.8.5-1)
[2021-09-05T21:31:21+0200] [ALPM] upgraded dkms (2.8.5-1 -> 2.8.6-1)

However, see
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/72046?string=dkms&project=0&search_name=&type%5B0%5D=&sev%5B0%5D=&pri%5B0%5D=&due%5B0%5D=&reported%5B0%5D=&cat%5B0%5D=&status%5B0%5D=open&percent%5B0%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto=

Regards,
Ralf