[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Virtualbox 3.2.4 also for i386

[Corey Wright]

On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:23:19 +0300
Roberto Fasciolo <rob at robyf.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Any chances you would fix virtualbox 3.2.4 also for i386?

i've looked at the virtualbox-ose i386 build log
(https://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=virtualbox-ose;ver=3.2.4-dfsg-1~bpo50%2B1;arch=i386;stamp=1277567600),
and it appears that ar, or whatever is executing ar and specifying its
command-line arguments, is having trouble with the "+" in the version
string which the buildd uses for the source package install/build path (ie
"ar: can't open file
1-i386-InTy8e/virtualbox-ose-3.2.4-dfsg/out/obj/src/VBox/Devices/PC/Etherboot-src/NetBiosBin/gen/NetBiosBin.o"
which that path is missing the leading
"/build/buildd-virtualbox-ose_3.2.4-dfsg-1~bpo50+").

I compiled virtualbox-ose 3.2.4 myself for lenny-amd64 without issue, but
in /usr/src/virtualbox-ose/ within a pbuilder chroot.

> Currently its 
> impossible to use it because the dkms package is for 3.2.4 and so the 
> kernel modules it builds are incompatible with 3.1.4.

no, it's not impossible as virtualbox-ose-dkms_3.1.4-dfsg-1~bpo50+1_all.deb
and all other *_3.1.4-dfsg-1~bpo+1_all.deb packages still exist in the
backports.org archive, but yes, it's not as easy as usual because you can
no longer "apt-get install virtualbox-ose-dkms", even if you specify the
version number (because it is no longer listed in the lenny-backports
Packages file).

if you are having difficulty convincing apt/dpkg to install it, then i can
offer the following assistance:

 * wget http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/v/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-dkms_3.1.4-dfsg-1~bpo50+1_all.deb
 * dpkg -i virtualbox-ose-dkms_3.1.4-dfsg-1~bpo50+1_all.deb
 * echo virtualbox-ose-dkms hold | dpkg --set-selections

after that, keep an eye on upgrades and when you see virtualbox-ose get
upgraded to 3.2.4, then you need to execute:

 * echo virtualbox-ose-dkms install | dpkg --set-selections

(to have apt stop holding and start installing/upgrading
virtualbox-ose-dkms).

> 
> Br,
> -Roberto

corey
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