[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#796706: virtualbox-guest-x11: Has init script in runlevel S but no matching service file

[Felipe Sateler]

On 25 December 2015 at 13:21, Felipe Sateler <fsateler at debian.org> wrote:
> Control: tags -1 patch
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:32:09 -0300 fsateler at debian.org wrote:
>>
>> Your package virtualbox-guest-x11 has an initscript that is enabled
>> in runlevel S, but it does not provide a corresponding systemd
>> service unit.
>
> This init script was introduced back in 2013, due to bug #686994
> (missing modalias). However, that bug has long since been fixed in the
> upstream module:
>
> % modinfo vboxvideo | grep alias
> alias:          pci:v000080EEd0000BEEFsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
>
> This means the init script is unnecessary, as it will be autoloaded by
> the kernel when the right device is present. I have tested this works
> even on jessie.
>
> Please remove it. Attached is an (untested) patch that
>
> - removes the init script
> - makes sure that the conffile is removed on upgrade
> - removes the symlink farm on upgrade
>
> (BTW, I think the vb-guest-utils init script could be similarly
> redundant, but I have not tested).

I realized the patch had an error: postinst snippet should use
"configure", not "upgrade". Please find attached a revised version.


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler
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