New upstream version available (2.0.4)

[agent 8131]

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

I know it might be a problem to incorporate this release in Intrepid but a couple of items from the changelog for 2.0.4 caught my interest:

# Linux additions: fixed seek() for files bigger than 2GB (bug #2379)
# Linux additions: support Ubuntu 8.10
# Linux additions: clipboard fixes (bug #2015)

Certainly it would be nice if the version of VirtualBox shipping with Ubuntu 8.10 has support for Ubuntu 8.10. I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 guests currently but that's using vt-x. I assume this is some sort of software support but the changelog is not clear. But given the number of bugs fixed this would probably be worth updating in Intrepid if at all possible.

Changes since the current version in Ubuntu Intrepid (from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog)

    * VMM: better error reporting for VT-x failures
    * VMM: don’t overflow the release log with PATM messages (bug #1775)
    * VMM: fixed save state restore in real mode (software virtualization only)
    * GUI: work around a Qt bug on Mac OS X (bug #2321)
    * GUI: properly install the Qt4 accessible plugin (bug #629)
    * SATA: error message when starting a VM with a VMDK connected to a SATA port (bug #2182)
    * SATA: fixed Guru mediation when booting OpenSolaris/64; most likely applies to other guests as well (bug #2292)
    * Network: don’t crash when changing the adapter link state if no host driver is attached (bug #2333)
    * VHD: fixed bug which prevents booting from VHD images bigger than 4GB (bug #2085)
    * VRDP: fixed a repaint problem when the guest resolution was not equal to the client resolution
    * Clipboard: don’t crash when host service initialization takes longer than expected (Linux hosts only; bug #2001)
    * Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe crash (bug #2212)
    * Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe memory leak due to a Windows WMI memory leak (Vista only) (bug #2242)
    * Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe delays GUI startup
    * Linux hosts: handle jiffies counter overflow (VM stuck after 300 seconds of host uptime; bug #2247)
    * Solaris hosts: fixed host or guest side networking going stale while using host interface networking (bug #2474)
    * Solaris hosts: added support for using unplumbed network interfaces and Crossbow Virtual Network Interfaces (VNICs) with host interface networking
    * Solaris hosts: reworked threading model improves performance for host interface networking
    * Windows additions: fixed crash when accessing deep directory structures in a shared folder
    * Windows additions: improved shared folder name resolving (bug #1728)
    * Windows additions: fixed Windows 2000 shutdown crash (bug #2254)
    * Windows additions: fixed error code for MoveFile() if the target exists (bug #2350)
    * Linux additions: fixed seek() for files bigger than 2GB (bug #2379)
    * Linux additions: support Ubuntu 8.10
    * Linux additions: clipboard fixes (bug #2015)
    * Web services: improved documentation and fixed example (bug #1642)

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Subscribing motu-release for ACKing.

My upload would include the following changes:
  [ Jonathan Ernst ]
  * Virtualbox should go in Accessories, not in System tools (LP: #288590)

  [ Daniel Hahler ]
  * New upstream version (LP: #288957)
    - Updated debian/patches/09-initscript.dpatch (one hunk rejected/obsolete)
  * Drop debconf question about losing snapshots because of upgrading: it is
    no longer relevant and the default (cancel upgrade) caused a lot of
    trouble (LP: #288178, #221736)
    - debian/virtualbox-ose.preinst.in, debian/virtualbox-ose.templates,
      debian/rules
  * Improve patch for disabling the "check for updates" dialog (LP: #272212)
    - debian/patches/13-disable-update-action.dpatch
  * Disable registration request at Sun (LP: #285684, #271603)
    - debian/patches/14-disable-registration-request.dpatch

The package builds fine, installs and upgrades.
I've checked that it runs as expected (tested with an Intrepid guest).

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

I've uploaded this package to my PPA for testing: https://launchpad.net/~blueyed/+archive

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

How much testing has this had?

[Hew (hew)]

I just did some brief testing with the PPA version and everything seems to work for me. Looks like bug 272212 has been correctly resolved :-)

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

It seems it has lots of bugfixes and support for 8.10 is quite important IMO, ACK #1.
Is there any chance to fix build failures on unofficial ports?

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

> How much testing has this had?

Not that much (from myself); as I've said I've tested that it works, but cannot test everything of course.

> Is there any chance to fix build failures on unofficial ports?

What are you referring to? Do you have some build log where it fails? Anyway, as long as you don't have a (trivial) patch, I'd say it's difficult.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Daniel: I'll approve this if you'll agree to be responsible for working with upstream and getting patches/preparing SRU for any regressions.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

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Ok.
I'll upload it in a minute then.

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[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Ack #2. Approved

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox-ose - 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1

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virtualbox-ose (2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  [ Jonathan Ernst ]
  * Virtualbox should go in Accessories, not in System tools (LP: #288590)

  [ Daniel Hahler ]
  * New upstream version (LP: #288957)
    - Updated debian/patches/09-initscript.dpatch (one hunk rejected/obsolete)
  * Drop debconf question about losing snapshots because of upgrading: it is
    no longer relevant and the default (cancel upgrade) caused a lot of
    trouble (LP: #288178, #221736)
    - debian/virtualbox-ose.preinst.in, debian/virtualbox-ose.templates,
      debian/rules
  * Improve patch for disabling the "check for updates" dialog (LP: #272212)
    - debian/patches/13-disable-update-action.dpatch
  * Disable registration request at Sun (LP: #285684, #271603)
    - debian/patches/14-disable-registration-request.dpatch

 -- Daniel Hahler <email address hidden> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:23:42 +0100

[Matti Lindell (mlind)]

Thanks for the new upstream version. It seems that the package was accidentally uploaded as a native package though.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Matti, what do you mean? It should be 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1, as mentioned in the changelog entry cited above.

[Matti Lindell (mlind)]

Daniel, there's no .diff.gz anymore, but the package naming suggests otherwise as you said.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Ouch.. somehow I've seem to have screwed this up.

I've tried to fix it now, by creating a orig.tar.gz ("debian/rules dfsg-free"), bumping the version in debian/changelog and uploading it again, but it's likely to not work out as expected, since dput does not upload the new orig.tar.gz..

Suggestions about how to fix this?

[Siegfried Gevatter (rainct)]

I've only read the last comment, but: shouldn't the .orig.tar.gz be uploaded if you use "debuild -S -sa"? If the archive rejects this (it probably will) using a version number like <version number>really<the same version number>-0ubuntuX or anything else should do it. I hope this helps.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

You should be able to just upload -0ubuntu2 - the .orig.tar.gz was never published, so there won't be a conflict.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

At this point just leave it the way it is. It'll need a bump the first time
the kernel gets incompatible. Fix it then.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Scott, a new kernel did never require an update of virtualbox-ose, but only virtualbox-ose-modules.
But since Intrepid, v-o-m is gone and DKMS is used instead.

Yes, "-sa" probably does the trick. I'm uploading 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu2 with a reference to this bug report/discussion.
I think having the orig.tar.gz and diff.gz separated is really good to have and since there is no update foreseeable in the near future, it should get fixed now already.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

The diff was more than just native/non-native. Let's discuss on IRC.

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

The upload got rejected, I've talked about it with Scott on IRC. Seems like we won't fix it.

IRC log:
<blueyed> ScottK: the diff should have been only native/non-native, plus DP description for the latest patch.
<ScottK> blueyed: When I debdiffed it there was more than that.
<blueyed> ScottK: the .cvsignore files probably?! it seems like they go ignored in the native package, but not in the orig.tar.gz..
<blueyed> ScottK: anyway.. I'll have to go for some hours now..
<ScottK> blueyed: As a practical matter I think it's fine as it is.