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DKMS fails for v4l2loopback on 6.8 kernel

Description:

When installing 6.8 kernel (from [testing]) v4l2loopback-dkms doesn't build

[2024-03-12T13:58:58+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> dkms install --no-depmod v4l2loopback/0.12.7 -k 6.8.0-arch1-1 [2024-03-12T13:58:59+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.0-arch1-1 (x86_64) [2024-03-12T13:58:59+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Consult /var/lib/dkms/v4l2loopback/0.12.7/build/make.log for more information. [2024-03-12T13:58:59+0800] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod v4l2loopback/0.12.7 -k 6.8.0-arch1-1' exited 10

This has already been reported/patched in Ubuntu - see this link https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/v4l2loopback/+bug/2052801

Additional info:

  • package version(s): 0.12.7-2
  • config and/or log files:
  • link to upstream bug report, if any:

Steps to reproduce:

Install linux 6.8 (or alternatively install v4l2loopback-dkms after having installed linux 6.8).

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