[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#555127: virtualbox-ose-guest-utils: Unclear how to get modules for newer kernel versions

[Sam Morris]

Package: virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
Version: 3.0.10-dfsg-1
Severity: normal

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$ sudo aptitude install -t unstable linux-image-2.6-amd64
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information      
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done  
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  firmware-linux-free{a} linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64{a} 
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-image-2.6-amd64 
1 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 354 not upgraded.
Need to get 27.4MB of archives. After unpacking 99.0MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] e
Reading changelogs...
apt-listchanges: Mailing root: apt-listchanges: changelogs for wintermute
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 205462 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64 ...
Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64 ...
Running postrm hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found Debian background: moreblue-orbit-grub.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64
done
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.30-1-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-1-amd64
rmdir: failed to remove `/lib/modules/2.6.30-1-amd64': Directory not empty
dpkg: warning: while removing linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64, directory '/lib/modules/2.6.30-1-amd64' not empty so not removed.
Removing linux-image-2.6.31-trunk-amd64 ...
Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.31-trunk-amd64 ...
Running postrm hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found Debian background: moreblue-orbit-grub.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64
done
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.31-trunk-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-trunk-amd64
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64.
(Reading database ... 205460 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64 (from .../linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64_2.6.31-1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package firmware-linux-free.
Unpacking firmware-linux-free (from .../firmware-linux-free_2.6.31-1_all.deb) ...
Preparing to replace linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.30+21 (using .../linux-image-2.6-amd64_2.6.31+22_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-image-2.6-amd64 ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-amd64.
Unpacking linux-image-amd64 (from .../linux-image-amd64_2.6.31+22_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.31-1-amd64 (2.6.31-1) ...
Running depmod.
Running update-initramfs.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-amd64
Running update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found Debian background: moreblue-orbit-grub.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-1-amd64
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64
done
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 2.6.31-1-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.31-1-amd64 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-amd64
Setting up firmware-linux-free (2.6.31-1) ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6-amd64 (2.6.31+22) ...
Setting up linux-image-amd64 (2.6.31+22) ...
Press return to continue.

Installing 2.6.31 didn't seem to trigger a DKMS build of the virtualbox
modules. If it was not intended to, then please consider this a request
to make it so. :)

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (430, 'testing'), (420, 'unstable'), (410, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages virtualbox-ose-guest-utils depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.10.1-5   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  pciutils                      1:3.1.4-2  Linux PCI Utilities

Versions of packages virtualbox-ose-guest-utils recommends:
ii  virtualbox-ose-guest-sourc 3.0.10-dfsg-1 x86 virtualization solution - gues
ii  virtualbox-ose-guest-x11   3.0.10-dfsg-1 x86 virtualization solution - X11 

virtualbox-ose-guest-utils suggests no packages.

- -- no debconf information

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