[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#889730: virtualbox-dkms: No rule to make target '/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.6/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o'

[Martin Haase]

Package: virtualbox-dkms
Version: 5.2.6-dfsg-3
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

The issue arose after I upgraded from kernel version 4.13 to 4.14.

The problem has been addressed in bug report #886747. However I can't
verify the alleged solution, since the URL mentioned in the report
(https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=886474) is invalid.

I followed the advice to upgrade the kbuild package, but to no avail.

Here's the make.log:
----------------------------
Tue Feb  6 14:16:38 CET 2018
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.0-3-amd64'
  AR      /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.6/build/built-in.o
  make[4]: *** No rule to make target
'/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.6/build/vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o',
needed by '/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.6/build/vboxdrv/vboxdrv.o'.
Stop.
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
  AR      /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.6/build/vboxdrv/built-in.o
  /usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.0-3-common/scripts/Makefile.build:578:
recipe for target '/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.6/build/vboxdrv' failed
make[3]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.6/build/vboxdrv] Error 2
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.0-3-common/Makefile:1525: recipe for
target '_module_/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.6/build' failed
make[2]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/5.2.6/build] Error 2
Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
make[1]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
Makefile:8: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.0-3-amd64'




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

Kernel: Linux 4.14.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.ISO-8859-15, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.ISO-8859-15 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages virtualbox-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms  2.3-3

Versions of packages virtualbox-dkms recommends:
ii  virtualbox  5.2.6-dfsg-3

virtualbox-dkms suggests no packages.

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