[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] DKMS

[Daniel Baumann]

Philipp Hug wrote:
> Hi all,

Hi,

> Is there any interest in migrating virtualbox to DKMS? I think it would be more user-friendly because the correct kernel module is built automatically, even if you upgrade your kernel.
> The disadvantage is AFAIK, that you can't provide precompiled kernel module packages.

one can do both at the same time, so it's not mutually exclusive.

however, on a personal note, i do not like dkms. it's the completely
wrong approach to *build* modules on the client machine. ymmv.

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