Please rebuild for kernel 2.6.27-2-*

Bug #268367 reported by Dave Walker
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virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Mario Limonciello

Bug Description

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

virtualbox-ose [Intrepid] (1.6.2-dfsg-1ubuntu2) is currently built for kernel 2.6.26-5, but Intrepid is currently kernel 2.6.27-2-*.

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jjos (jbenjos) wrote :

Confirmed: Installing virtualbox-ose requires rebuilding the kernel module.

Keep in mind virtualbox 2.0 is out, it might be useful to file a feature exception for it (intrepid is currently feature frozen).

Changed in virtualbox-ose:
status: New → Confirmed
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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote :

Need to update to 2.0.2 for 2.6.27 support:
From the changelog:
"# Linux hosts: compile fixes for kernel module on Linux 2.6.27 "

Changed in virtualbox-ose:
assignee: nobody → superm1
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox-ose - 2.0.2-dfsg-0ubuntu1

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virtualbox-ose (2.0.2-dfsg-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream version (LP: #268795)
    - Introduces support for Intrepid Guests
    - Introduces support for kernel 2.6.27
  * Update patches for new upstream version:
    - 02-config-kmk
    - 09-initscript
  * Drop patches no longer necessary (or absorbed upstream):
    - 05-vboxadd-udev
    - 01-no-64bit-guest
  * New patches:
    - 01-64bit, for making sure we query the target arch properly.
  * debian/control:
    - Build depend on libqt4-dev for new upstream version.
    - Build depend on python2.5-dev for new upstream version.
    - Drop libqt3-mt-dev from build depends
    - Bump provides of guest-utils to xserver-xorg-input-2.1
    - Bump provides of guest-utils to xserver-xorg-video-2.9
    - Enable 64 bit guest utils support.
  * debian/rules:
    - Disable QT3 support as we are using the QT4 frontend by
      default.
    - Set VirtualBox binaries to suid root per new hardening
      requirements in this release.
    - Add amd64 to a valid arch in the X11 additions check.
  * debian/virtualbox-ose.install:
    - Update location that xpidl is installed from.
  * debian/virtualbox-ose.vboxdrv.init:
    - Start at runlevels 2,3,4,5 rather than just 3,5
  * Enable DKMS support on virtualbox host and guest modules. (LP: #267097)
    - Rebuilding is no longer necessary for new kernels (LP: #268367)
    - Drop:
      + virtualbox-ose-source.files/rules
      + virtualbox-ose-source.files/postinst.modules.in
      + virtualbox-ose-source.files/control.modules.in
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.files/rules
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.files/postinst.modules.in
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.files/control.modules.in
      + virtualbox-ose-source.links
    - Rename / Add version to .in files:
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.files/udev ->
        virtualbox-ose-guest-source.udev
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.install ->
        virtualbox-ose-guest-source.install.in
      + virtualbox-ose-source.dirs -> virtualbox-ose-source.dirs.in
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.dirs -> virtualbox-ose-guest-source.dirs.in
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.links ->
        virtualbox-ose-guest-source.links.in
    - New:
      + virtualbox-ose-source.files/dkms.conf.in
      + virtualbox-ose-source.postinst
      + virtualbox-ose-source.prerm
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.prerm
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.postinst
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.files/dkms.conf.in
      + virtualbox-ose-guest-source.files/Makefile
    - debian/rules:
      + Add support to update all ".in" files in install target
      + Add support to remove all sed produced ".in" files in clean target
      + Drop extra rules that were modifying the "debian" directory in -source.
      + Make sure to include postinst/prerm scripts for arch indep packages.
    - debian/control:
      + Recommends on the source package instead of modules packages
      + Depends on the source packages for dkms and libc6-dev
    - debian/virtualbox-ose.vboxdrv.init:
      + Search for module in proper location

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Changed in virtualbox-ose:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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