virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build [error: unknown field ‘readdir’ specified in initializer]

[David Pires]

After installing linux-headers-3.11.0-031100rc1_3.11.0-031100rc1.201307141935_all.deb and when installing linux-headers-3.11.0-031100rc1-generic_3.11.0-031100rc1.201307141935_i386.deb, VirtualBox Guest Additions crashed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-031000rc5-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.11.0-031100rc1-generic
Date: Mon Jul 15 18:08:58 2013
DuplicateSignature: dkms:virtualbox-guest-dkms:4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.2.10/build/vboxsf/dirops.c:292:5: error: unknown field ‘readdir’ specified in initializer
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-22 (115 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130311.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2
SourcePackage: virtualbox
Title: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2: virtualbox-guest kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

Marking this as Invalid, as you are using an unofficial Linux kernel that is not from the official repository. I am, however, able to reproduce this with linux 3.11.0-1-generic in Saucy, so please see Bug 1211596 for further information.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Using "unofficial" kernels is quite common, and in fact is the most common cause of DKMS build failure.

Policy so far has been to not treat such cases as "invalid". I see and triage such cases every day.

[David Pires (slickymaster)]

I'm not quite sure what is meant by "unofficial" kernels. The one in question was retrieved from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.11-rc1-saucy/ which I believe is the official Ubuntu kernel repositories.

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

By "unofficial" I meant kernels not in Ubuntu's main repository. Those are
the highest priority in terms of making sure applications run/build on
them, but it was my mistake to mark this as Invalid per what Daniel said.
My apologies.

On Wednesday, August 14, 2013, David Pires <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I'm not quite sure what is meant by "unofficial" kernels. The one in
> question was retrieved from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-
> ppa/mainline/v3.11-rc1-saucy/ which I believe is the official Ubuntu
> kernel repositories.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201516
>
> Title:
> virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2: virtualbox-guest kernel
> module failed to build [error: unknown field ‘readdir’ specified in
> initializer]
>
> Status in “virtualbox” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> After installing linux-
> headers-3.11.0-031100rc1_3.11.0-031100rc1.201307141935_all.deb and
> when installing linux-
> headers-3.11.0-031100rc1-generic_3.11.0-031100rc1.201307141935_i386.deb,
> VirtualBox Guest Additions crashed.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
> Package: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2
> Uname: Linux 3.10.0-031000rc5-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: i386
> DKMSKernelVersion: 3.11.0-031100rc1-generic
> Date: Mon Jul 15 18:08:58 2013
> DuplicateSignature:
> dkms:virtualbox-guest-dkms:4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.2.10/build/vboxsf/dirops.c:292:5:
> error: unknown field ‘readdir’ specified in initializer
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-22 (115 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386
> (20130311.1)
> MarkForUpload: True
> PackageArchitecture: all
> PackageVersion: 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2
> SourcePackage: virtualbox
> Title: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2: virtualbox-guest
> kernel module failed to build
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1201516/+subscriptions
>

[David Pires (slickymaster)]

I do apologize if by any chance I'm being inconvenient or annoying because that's not my intention at all.

According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds#Mainline_Kernels_Archive, the mainline kernels archive is located at the following URL: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline with directories for each mainline build, which is exactly the same URL from where I retrieved it.
So when you refer to unofficial is it because we're talking about a release candidate kernel, or is there some other reason?

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

What I meant by "unofficial" was a version of the Linux kernel that is not
provided by a given Ubuntu release's main repository. I do apologize,
though, for marking this bug as Invalid. The only reason why I did that was
because I was able to reproduce this with the kernel in main for Saucy in a
separate bug, which I thought would be easier to triage, given that many
people already have that kernel installed. No worries, though - I
understand everyone's concerns about my action, and I take it back. :)

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:21 AM, David Pires <email address hidden>wrote:

> I do apologize if by any chance I'm being inconvenient or annoying
> because that's not my intention at all.
>
> According to
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds#Mainline_Kernels_Archive,
> the mainline kernels archive is located at the following URL:
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline with directories for each
> mainline build, which is exactly the same URL from where I retrieved it.
> So when you refer to unofficial is it because we're talking about a
> release candidate kernel, or is there some other reason?
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201516
>
> Title:
> virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2: virtualbox-guest kernel
> module failed to build [error: unknown field ‘readdir’ specified in
> initializer]
>
> Status in “virtualbox” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> After installing linux-
> headers-3.11.0-031100rc1_3.11.0-031100rc1.201307141935_all.deb and
> when installing linux-
> headers-3.11.0-031100rc1-generic_3.11.0-031100rc1.201307141935_i386.deb,
> VirtualBox Guest Additions crashed.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
> Package: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2
> Uname: Linux 3.10.0-031000rc5-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: i386
> DKMSKernelVersion: 3.11.0-031100rc1-generic
> Date: Mon Jul 15 18:08:58 2013
> DuplicateSignature:
> dkms:virtualbox-guest-dkms:4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.2.10/build/vboxsf/dirops.c:292:5:
> error: unknown field ‘readdir’ specified in initializer
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-22 (115 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386
> (20130311.1)
> MarkForUpload: True
> PackageArchitecture: all
> PackageVersion: 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2
> SourcePackage: virtualbox
> Title: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2: virtualbox-guest
> kernel module failed to build
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1201516/+subscriptions
>

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

Oh, and let's get this bug fixed! ;) I found an upstream bug with the same
issue reported, so I'll add it as a bugwatch.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Logan Rosen <email address hidden> wrote:

> What I meant by "unofficial" was a version of the Linux kernel that is not
> provided by a given Ubuntu release's main repository. I do apologize,
> though, for marking this bug as Invalid. The only reason why I did that was
> because I was able to reproduce this with the kernel in main for Saucy in a
> separate bug, which I thought would be easier to triage, given that many
> people already have that kernel installed. No worries, though - I
> understand everyone's concerns about my action, and I take it back. :)
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:21 AM, David Pires <email address hidden>wrote:
>
>> I do apologize if by any chance I'm being inconvenient or annoying
>> because that's not my intention at all.
>>
>> According to
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds#Mainline_Kernels_Archive,
>> the mainline kernels archive is located at the following URL:
>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline with directories for each
>> mainline build, which is exactly the same URL from where I retrieved it.
>> So when you refer to unofficial is it because we're talking about a
>> release candidate kernel, or is there some other reason?
>>
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201516
>>
>> Title:
>> virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2: virtualbox-guest kernel
>> module failed to build [error: unknown field ‘readdir’ specified in
>> initializer]
>>
>> Status in “virtualbox” package in Ubuntu:
>> Confirmed
>>
>> Bug description:
>> After installing linux-
>> headers-3.11.0-031100rc1_3.11.0-031100rc1.201307141935_all.deb and
>> when installing linux-
>> headers-3.11.0-031100rc1-generic_3.11.0-031100rc1.201307141935_i386.deb,
>> VirtualBox Guest Additions crashed.
>>
>> ProblemType: Package
>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
>> Package: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2
>> Uname: Linux 3.10.0-031000rc5-generic i686
>> ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu4
>> Architecture: i386
>> DKMSKernelVersion: 3.11.0-031100rc1-generic
>> Date: Mon Jul 15 18:08:58 2013
>> DuplicateSignature:
>> dkms:virtualbox-guest-dkms:4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2:/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox-guest/4.2.10/build/vboxsf/dirops.c:292:5:
>> error: unknown field ‘readdir’ specified in initializer
>> InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-22 (115 days ago)
>> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386
>> (20130311.1)
>> MarkForUpload: True
>> PackageArchitecture: all
>> PackageVersion: 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2
>> SourcePackage: virtualbox
>> Title: virtualbox-guest-dkms 4.2.10-dfsg-1ubuntu2: virtualbox-guest
>> kernel module failed to build
>> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>>
>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1201516/+subscriptions
>>
>
>

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

The upstream patch works for me. Pushing it out to Ubuntu.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox - 4.2.16-dfsg-1ubuntu1

---------------
virtualbox (4.2.16-dfsg-1ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/36-linux-3.11.patch: Fix compilation of guest additions
    with linux 3.11+ (LP: #1201516).
 -- Logan Rosen <email address hidden> Sat, 17 Aug 2013 05:54:01 -0400