[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#867129: virtualbox: Please build to use /sbin/ip instead of ifconfig in VBoxNetAdpCtl

[Zhang Jingqiang]

Package: virtualbox
Version: 5.1.22-dfsg-2
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Currently VBoxNetAdpCtl can not assign address to vboxnetX interfaces if
net-tools is not installed.
In source file src/VBox/HostDrivers/adpctl/VBoxNetAdpCtl.cpp, /sbin/ip
is also supported by defining macro RT_OS_LINUX in function
chooseAddressCommand().
But "strace VBoxNetAdpCtl -h" doesn't shown that /sbin/ip is detected
at startup, so I guess that macro isn't defined when building.

Please define RT_OS_LINUX, and add "iproute2 | net-tools" to recommends.

Thanks

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.11.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=zh_CN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages virtualbox depends on:
ii  adduser                               3.115
ii  init-system-helpers                   1.48
ii  libc6                                 2.24-12
ii  libcurl3-gnutls                       7.52.1-5
ii  libdevmapper1.02.1                    2:1.02.137-2+b1
ii  libgcc1                               1:7.1.0-8
ii  libgsoap10                            2.8.35-4
ii  libpng16-16                           1.6.29-3
ii  libpython3.5                          3.5.3-3
ii  libsdl1.2debian                       1.2.15+dfsg1-4
ii  libssl1.1                             1.1.0f-3
ii  libstdc++6                            7.1.0-8
ii  libvncserver1                         0.9.11+dfsg-1
ii  libvpx4                               1.6.1-3
ii  libx11-6                              2:1.6.4-3
ii  libxcursor1                           1:1.1.14-1+b4
ii  libxext6                              2:1.3.3-1+b2
ii  libxml2                               2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+b1
ii  libxmu6                               2:1.1.2-2
ii  libxt6                                1:1.1.5-1
ii  procps                                2:3.3.12-3
ii  python3                               3.5.3-3
ii  python3.5                             3.5.3-3
ii  virtualbox-dkms [virtualbox-modules]  5.1.22-dfsg-2
ii  zlib1g                                1:1.2.8.dfsg-5

Versions of packages virtualbox recommends:
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]  17.1.4-1
ii  libqt5core5a              5.7.1+dfsg-4
ii  libqt5opengl5             5.7.1+dfsg-4
ii  libqt5widgets5            5.7.1+dfsg-4
ii  virtualbox-qt             5.1.22-dfsg-2

Versions of packages virtualbox suggests:
pn  vde2                            <none>
ii  virtualbox-guest-additions-iso  5.1.22-1

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