Is there any particular reason why the dkms-test module shouldn't be installed on end-user systems?
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I help develop Kicksecure (a security-focused Debian derivative), and we'd like to have some always-installed third party kernel module that can be used to test whether or not DKMS's automatic module signing is working or not. The intent is that someone or some application can run The dkms-test module looks perfect for this use case; it's small, it does nothing, it comes from a trusted source, and it will do exactly what we need. However, the I don't see anything in the Debian packaging that would make it problematic for this package to be installed on end-user systems. Is there anything I'm missing here? Does having this installed trigger some sort of "testing" or "debug" mode, or similar, or is it just considered generally useless for end users? If the latter, is it fine to use it since we actually have a use for it? |
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I added that warning not because I consider the package harmful but because it is "useless" in my perception of an end user installation. |
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I added that warning not because I consider the package harmful but because it is "useless" in my perception of an end user installation.
I primarily wanted a trivial module packaged in the very same way as any "real" module to easily discover breakage in kernel or dkms.
Your usecase sounds like a good application of that module. Well, it's some kind of CI :-)