[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#691169: not really fixed

[Daniel Pocock]

On 22/01/14 12:19, intrigeri wrote:
> Control: tag -1 + moreinfo
> Control: tag -1 - experimental
>
> Hi,
>
> Balint Reczey wrote (29 Aug 2013 10:06:58 GMT) :
>> Is current version in unstable still affected? If not, please mark the
>> bug accordingly since this open RC bug would prevent migration to testing.
>> I'm decreasing severity since newer VirtualBox packages build fine with
>> kernels packaged in Debian.
>> What does "not really fixed" mean BTW?
> Daniel, in August 2013 you unarchived this email, saying "not really
> fixed". I am not able to find any indication why, nor any answer to
> Balint Reczey's questions. May you please clarify?
>
> Can anyone still reproduce this bug with any relevant kernel version?
>
> (Dropping the experimental tag, as testing/sid now has virtualbox
> 4.3 and Linux 3.12.)


If you look closely, you'll see that the bug I reopened was 696011 and
this other bug was linked to it and Balint replied on this bug (691169)

For 696011, the patch can be safely used for wheezy, it doesn't break
anything, it just gives people the ability to use a newer kernel if they
wish to do so. If they are using a standard kernel, the patch does
nothing.  Maybe that means it should become a wishlist item (although it
is still quite a high priority item for those who can't run the stock
wheezy kernel on their hardware)