NPFU exception for virtualbox

Bug #136792 reported by Steve Kowalik
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Bug Description

I think we should grant a new package freeze exception for virtualbox which has hit Debian.

virtualbox (1.4.0svn4130-dfsg-1ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Add missing dependancy on adduser.
  * Munge Maintainer field as per spec.

 -- Steve Kowalik <email address hidden> Mon, 3 Sep 2007 01:05:39 +1000

virtualbox (1.4.0svn4130-dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Philipp Hug ]
  * Stripped kbuild and yasm from source tarball
  * Use Debian's kbuild and yasm instead
  * Added myself as uploader
  * Build target for module is now all instead of module
  * Build against correct kernel source
  * Integrated changes by Patrick Winnertz
  * clean: rm env.sh AutoConfig.kmk configure.log
  * Install udev rules to automatically create device
  * Automatically create vboxusers group
  * Binary names are now lowercase
  * Disabled stripping for VMM because it breaks VirtualBox
  * Don't require kernel module, recommend it instead

  [ Patrick Winnertz ]
  * Initial release (Closes: #406992, #407001, #409711).
  * Remove Microsoft license stuff from orig.tar.gz (repackaged it )
    See dfsg-free section in debian/rules for details.
  * Added patch to use own yasm
  * Added patch to remove Additions from the Makefile.kmk
  * Remove ./src/libs/xpcom18a4/nsprpub/build/autoconf from source tarball.
  * Doesn't depend on gcc-3.4 and g++-3.4 since they are going to be removed from
    debian. Use default instead.
    Therefore I removed the patch, too.
  * Don't call dh_installdeb twice. (build-dep & build-indep)
  * Added section to create dfsg tarball automatically to debian/rules (experimental!!)
  * Added lintian.overrides for -fPIC since somehow virtualbox doesn't work with
  * Added patch to prevent building modules and kernel code when building the
    gui.
  * Install udev rule with virtualbox and not with the module, since several
    modules for several kernels could be there.
  * Improved copyright statements in copyright file.
  * Corrected .desktop file

 -- Patrick Winnertz <email address hidden> Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:35:51 +0200

If you guys want to see build logs and such, happy to attach them.

+1 from me, if it means anything.

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Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

definite +1 here.

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Soren Hansen (soren) wrote : Re: [Bug 136792] NPFU exception for virtualbox

On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 03:05:40PM -0000, Steve Kowalik wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I think we should grant a new package freeze exception for virtualbox
> which has hit Debian.

Rock! +1

--
Soren Hansen
Ubuntu Server Team
http://www.ubuntu.com/

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Steve Kowalik (stevenk) wrote :

Virtualbox requires a newer kbuild than the one in gutsy.

 kbuild (1080-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Add patch arm.diff to support armv4l too.

 -- Torsten Werner <email address hidden> Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:26:46 +0200

kbuild (1080-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New upstream version
   * Add a patch debug.diff that fixes debugging output.

 -- Torsten Werner <email address hidden> Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:27:12 +0200

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Steve Kowalik (stevenk) wrote :

Virtualbox has been uploaded, and accepted into universe.

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Steve Kowalik (stevenk) wrote :
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Steve Kowalik (stevenk) wrote :

Virtualbox has been removed, and virtualbox-ose has been prepared, and then rejected, due to this gem.

steven@liquified:~/ubuntu/vbox/virtualbox-ose-1.5.0-dfsg% grep -r 'innotek GmbH confidential' .
./include/VBox/VBoxGuest16.h: * innotek GmbH confidential
./include/VBox/VBoxGuest.mac:; innotek GmbH confidential
./include/VBox/VBoxGuest.inc:; innotek GmbH confidential

Those three files are not distributable at all. We have to wait for Debian to sort this out, who are talking to upstream about it.

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Steve Kowalik (stevenk) wrote :

virtualbox-ose (1.5.0-dfsg2-1ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable. (LP: #102098, #136792)
  * Remaining Ubuntu changes:
    - Add missing dependancy on adduser.
    - Add (>= 1080) to the kbuild dependancy.
    - Munge Maintainer field as per spec.
  * Ubuntu changes dropped:
    - Change the libc6-i386 Build-Depends on amd64 to be g++-multilib.

 -- Steve Kowalik <email address hidden> Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:44:58 +1000

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