[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#512024: /etc/network/*.d/virtualbox-ose are useless with VBox 2.1

[Raphael Hertzog]

Package: virtualbox-ose
Version: 2.1.0-dfsg-2
Severity: normal

I used to have "vbox0" and "vbox1" tun/tap interfaces created
by the mere existance of such entries thanks to the help of
/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/virtualbox-ose.

That script still exists but /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxTunctl has
disappeared now that VirtualBox relies on the new vboxnetflt module to
directly inject data on a real network and that we don't need anymore
a bridge between the real card and the virtual interfaces. And without
that /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxTunctl, the scripts are no-ops.

Please drop the useless scripts /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/virtualbox-ose
and /etc/network/if-post-down.d/virtualbox-ose. Please also document this
somewhere, I believe that a NEWS.Debian entry would be welcome given that
many people have customized their network setup for virtualbox and now
it's not needed any more.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages virtualbox-ose depends on:
ii  adduser                    3.110         add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]      1.5.24        Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                      2.7-18        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcap2                    2.11-2        support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii  libgcc1                    1:4.3.2-2     GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.16.6-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libidl0                    0.8.11-0.1    library for parsing CORBA IDL file
ii  libqt4-network             4.4.3-2       Qt 4 network module
ii  libqtcore4                 4.4.3-2       Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4                  4.4.3-2       Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsdl1.2debian            1.2.13-4      Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libstdc++6                 4.3.2-2       The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.1.5-2     X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1                1:1.1.9-1     X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                   2:1.0.4-1     X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxml2                    2.6.32.dfsg-5 GNOME XML library
ii  libxslt1.1                 1.1.24-2      XSLT processing library - runtime 
ii  libxt6                     1:1.0.5-3     X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  python                     2.5.2-3       An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python2.5                  2.5.2-15      An interactive high-level object-o

Versions of packages virtualbox-ose recommends:
ii               2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6         PC virtualization solution for Lin
ii               2.6.26+1.6.6-dfsg-6         PC virtualization solution for Lin
ii               2.0.6-dfsg-1+2.6.27-1~exper VirtualBox modules for Linux (kern
ii               2.1.0-dfsg-2+2.6.27-1~exper VirtualBox modules for Linux (kern

Versions of packages virtualbox-ose suggests:
ii  bridge-utils                1.4-5        Utilities for configuring the Linu
ii  virtualbox-ose-source       2.1.0-dfsg-2 x86 virtualization solution - kern

-- debconf information:
  virtualbox-ose/upstream_version_change: false