[Bug 1813063] Re: ndiswrapper 1.60-6 ADT test failure with linux 5.0.0-1.2

[Brian Murray]

Hello Seth, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ndiswrapper into bionic-proposed. The package will build now
and be available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/1.60-6ubuntu0.1 in a
few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not
fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of
your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s)
fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in
-proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

** Changed in: ndiswrapper (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic

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Title:
  ndiswrapper 1.60-6 ADT test failure with linux 5.0.0-1.2

Status in ndiswrapper package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ndiswrapper source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  NOTE: This SRU template was added 2019-05-10 after the original report
  was opened and was fixed for Disco. I'm adding this because this
  problem is affecting the Bionic HWE Edge kernel this SRU cycle.
  -connork

  [Impact]

   * The DKMS package fails to install on kernels based on 5.0;
  specifically noticed in the Bionic HWE Edge kernel.

  [The Problem]
  This module uses the "do_gettimeofday" API which has been deprecated and removed from the 5.0 kernels. As a result, on a 5.0 kernel, the module will not compile successfully during installation since it depends on symbols that are no longer there.

  [Proposed Fix]
  Backport the following patch which has already landed in Disco's version of this package to support the 5.0 kernels: https://salsa.debian.org/jak/ndiswrapper/commit/f4502d63e8731b20b436a1266e96c5416e02a3af

  [Test Case]
   * Install the ndiswrapper-dkms package with a 5.0 kernel. The package should install without any errors.

  [Testing]

  These instructions were followed using the .debdiff in comment #5

  - Create an Ubuntu 18.04 VM
  - Install the HWE Edge kernel from -proposed (or one can find .debs here: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=linux-hwe-edge&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=bionic)
  - Install ndiswrapper; you can use apt ("sudo apt update" "sudo apt install ndiswrapper-dkms") or you can use "pull-lp-source ndiswrapper bionic" to build and install the .deb from that
  - Confirm that installation fails
  - Remove it "sudo apt remove ndiswrapper-dkms"
  - If you haven't already: "pull-lp-source ndiswrapper bionic"
  - Apply the debdiff ("debdiff-apply < ../ndiswrapper_1.60-6ubuntu0.1.debdiff")
  - Build the package ("debuild -us -uc")
  - Install the package
  - Verify it installs successfully! ("sudo dkms status")

  [Regression Potential]

   * Low. Changes are conditionally compiled based on the kernel being
  >= 5.0. These changes have also been in Disco.

  Testing failed on:
      amd64: https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-disco-canonical-kernel-team-unstable/disco/amd64/n/ndiswrapper/20190123_164111_540fe@/log.gz
      i386: https://objectstorage.prodstack4-5.canonical.com/v1/AUTH_77e2ada1e7a84929a74ba3b87153c0ac/autopkgtest-disco-canonical-kernel-team-unstable/disco/i386/n/ndiswrapper/20190123_172043_540fe@/log.gz

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