[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#823343: virtualbox: User Manual refers to non-existent dialog

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Package: virtualbox
Version: 5.0.18-dfsg-3~bpo8+1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

the virtualbox package installs /usr/share/doc/virtualbox/UserManual.pdf

On page 32, section 1.15, subsection 3 it lists an "Update" menu item which
does not exist in the Debian fork, presumably because it would pull in updates
from upstream and it would ignore Debian package management. This creates
confusion.

   * What led up to the situation?
I would guess that the user manual was only lightly edited before inclusion in
the package.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)?
I Read The Friendly Manual.

   * What was the outcome of this action?
I found a menu option listed which doesn't exist in the Debian fork, and for
good reason. This led me to go on a wild goose chase in relation to suppressing
update notifications for virtualbox-guest-additions (about which I'll raise a
seperate bug report).

   * What outcome did you expect instead?
To not find this menu option listed in the manual



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-0.bpo.1-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
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages virtualbox depends on:
ii  adduser                               3.113+nmu3
ii  init-system-helpers                   1.22
ii  libc6                                 2.19-18+deb8u4
ii  libcurl3-gnutls                       7.38.0-4+deb8u3
ii  libgcc1                               1:4.9.2-10
ii  libgsoap5                             2.8.17-1
ii  libpng12-0                            1.2.50-2+deb8u2
ii  libpython2.7                          2.7.9-2
ii  libsdl1.2debian                       1.2.15-10+b1
ii  libssl1.0.0                           1.0.1k-3+deb8u4
ii  libstdc++6                            4.9.2-10
ii  libvncserver0                         0.9.9+dfsg2-6.1+deb8u1
ii  libvpx1                               1.3.0-3
ii  libx11-6                              2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxcursor1                           1:1.1.14-1+b1
ii  libxext6                              2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxml2                               2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u1
ii  libxmu6                               2:1.1.2-1
ii  libxt6                                1:1.1.4-1+b1
ii  procps                                2:3.3.9-9
ii  python                                2.7.9-1
ii  python2.7                             2.7.9-2
pn  python:any                            <none>
ii  virtualbox-dkms [virtualbox-modules]  5.0.18-dfsg-3~bpo8+1
ii  zlib1g                                1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1

Versions of packages virtualbox recommends:
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  10.3.2-1+deb8u1
ii  libqt4-opengl             4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii  libqtcore4                4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii  libqtgui4                 4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3+deb8u1
ii  virtualbox-qt             5.0.18-dfsg-3~bpo8+1

Versions of packages virtualbox suggests:
pn  vde2                            <none>
ii  virtualbox-guest-additions-iso  5.0.16-1

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