[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#524351: version mixup between module-assistant and pre-built modules

[Peter Eisentraut]

Package: virtualbox-ose-source
Version: 2.2.0-dfsg-1
Severity: important

Using the instructions from README.Debian:

        # module-assistant prepare virtualbox-ose
        # module-assistant auto-install virtualbox-ose

results in a package

ii  virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-2-686         2.2.0-dfsg-1+2.6.26-15                      VirtualBox modules for Linux (kernel 2.6.26-2-686)

But apt would replace this package with an older package from the archive:

$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-2-686
virtualbox-ose-modules-2.6.26-2-686:
  Installed: 2.2.0-dfsg-1+2.6.26-15
  Candidate: 2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6+lenny1
  Version table:
     2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6+lenny1 0
        990 http://ftp.fi.debian.org testing/main Packages
 *** 2.2.0-dfsg-1+2.6.26-15 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

As you can see, the package in the archive is versioned kernel+vbox, but the 
package built locally is versioned vbox+kernel.  Someone needs to agree with 
someone here. :-)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages virtualbox-ose-source depends on:
ii  bzip2                   1.0.5-1          high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  debhelper               7.2.7            helper programs for debian/rules
ii  dpatch                  2.0.31           patch maintenance system for Debia
ii  kbuild                  1:0.1.5svn2262-2 framework for writing simple makef

Versions of packages virtualbox-ose-source recommends:
ii  module-assistant              0.11.0     tool to make module package creati

virtualbox-ose-source suggests no packages.

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