Please sync virtualbox-ose 3.0.10-dfsg-2 (universe) from Debian testing (main)

[John Haitas]

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

virtualbox-ose (3.0.10-dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Downgrade dkms dependency to recommendation. (Closes: #553918)
   * Added dependencies for building with m-a.
   * Changed source packages to also build modules via module-assistant.
     (Closes: #554385)
 -- Michael Meskes <email address hidden> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:43:09 +0100

virtualbox-ose (3.0.10-dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low

   [ Felix Geyer ]
   * Fix SHUTDOWN_USERS=all only parses the first user
   * New Upstream version
   * Added dependency upon pciutils to virtualbox-ose-guest-utils.
     (Closes: #551390)

   [ Michael Meskes ]
   * Converted virtualbox-ose to dkms. (Closes: #551531) - thanks to
     Ubuntu
 -- Michael Meskes <email address hidden> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:58:01 +0100

[Nathan Handler (nhandler)]

It looks like this package was previously merged from Debian:

virtualbox-ose (3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * Merge from debian unstable (LP: #444812), remaining changes:
    - Enable DKMS support on virtualbox host and guest modules (LP: #267097)
      - Drop virtualbox-ose{-guest,}-modules-* package templates
      - Recommend *-source instead of *-modules packages
      - Replace error messages related to missing/mismatched
        kernel module accordingly
    - Autoload kernel module
      - LOAD_VBOXDRV_MODULE=1 in virtualbox-ose.default
    - Disable update action
      - patches/u01-disable-update-action.dpatch
    - Virtualbox should go in Accessories, not in System tools (LP: #288590)
      - virtualbox-ose-qt.files/virtualbox-ose.desktop
    - Add apport hook
      - virtualbox-ose.files/source_virtualbox-ose.py
      - virtualbox-ose.install
    - Add launchpad integration
      - control
      - lpi-bug.xpm
      - patches/u02-lp-integration.dpatch
  * Try to remove existing dkms modules before adding the new modules
    (LP: #434503)
    - debian/virtualbox-ose-source.postinst
    - debian/virtualbox-ose-guest-source.postinst
  * Don't fail if dkms modules have already been removed
    - debian/virtualbox-ose-source.prerm
    - debian/virtualbox-ose-guest-source.prerm

Could you please explain why these changes are no longer needed in Ubuntu? Have they all been applied upstream? Are they no longer needed?

[Brian Knoll (brianknoll)]

I want to add that importing 3.0.10 is mentioned as the resolution to ticket #474625, which means that ticket is one of the drivers for needing this import. The implication is that Lucid users won't be able to run Virtualbox without going out and getting the sources themselves, or otherwise patching things themselves, unless this import is done.

[Felix Geyer (debfx)]

virtualbox-ose can't be synced from Debian as there are Ubuntu specific changes, but I filed a merge request: bug #498219

In the meantime you can use my virtualbox ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~debfx/+archive/virtualbox