[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#554385: Bug#554385: virtualbox-ose-source does not compile for kernel 2.6.31-1

[Frank Mehnert]

On Wednesday 04 November 2009, Benjamin Mesing wrote:
> Package: virtualbox-ose-source
> Version: 3.0.10-dfsg-1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> When trying to build via m-a it fails with the following output:
> /usr/src/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c: In function
> ‘VBoxDrvLinuxCreate’:
> /usr/src/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:734: error: ‘struct
> task_struct’ has no member named ‘euid’
> /usr/src/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:735: error: ‘struct
> task_struct’ has no member named ‘egid’ kmk[4]: ***
> [/usr/src/modules/virtualbox-ose/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1 kmk[4]: ***

This looks like you are using some old sources. This compile
problem was fixed several versions ago. I just looked into the
3.0.10 sources, line 734 and 735 don't contain such statements.
Please check if you are really trying to compile the 3.0.10
sources.

Kind regards,

Frank
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