Request 677822 (accepted)

This request supersedes: request 677792 (Show diff)

Overview

Request 677822 accepted

- Remove requires on libvncserver for virtualbox-vnc.
- Remove BuildRequires for libXcomposite1

- Add changes requested by Security - new file "security_fixes.patch"
File UserManual.pdf is resent to clear error in build.

- Part of the API changes for kernel 5.0 are not fixed upstream. Add file "fixes_for_5.0" back in.

- Version bump to 6.0.4 (released January 28 2019 by Oracle)
Files "fixes_for_5.0" and "fixes_for_gcc9" are deleted - the code was fixed upstream.
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Virtualization core: support Shanghai/Zhaoxin CPUs.
User interface: handle command line arguments to VirtualBox correctly (bugs #18206 and #18197)
User interface: improvements to machine manager window, virtual optical disk creator, storage selector window and log viewer window
User interface: various small fixes and improvements
Audio: implemented time scheduling for the AC'97 device emulation to keep audio and video in sync
Graphics: basic support for VMSVGA graphics device in virtual machines using EFI
Network: fix occasional NATNet crashes (bug #13899)
Network: worked around problems in certain PCnet drivers on old operating systems
Serial: fixed connecting to pseudo terminals on POSIX hosts (6.0.0 regression; bug #18319)
Linux hosts and guests: fix for building kernel modules against Linux 5.0. Thank you Kyle Laker

- Converted vboxwebsrv to a systemd service. Previously, this was started through init.d. bsc#1116050
Files "vboxweb-service.service" and "vboxweb-service.sh" are added.
File "vbox-vboxweb-init-script.diff" is removed.
File "fixes_for_4.20.patch" is removed - the code was fixed upstream.
File "fix_lib_search.patch" is added to fix the build of VBox0GL.
File "fixes_for_5.0.patch" is added to compensate for API changes in kernel 5.0.
File "virtualbox-system-x.patch" is removed.
File "fixes_for_Leap15.1.patch" is added to fix build errors on Leap 15.1.
- Version bump to 6.0.2 (released January 15 2019 by Oracle)

Created by lwfinger almost 6 years ago
In state accepted
Supersedes 677792

Submit virtualbox

Comments for request 677822 9
Comments for request 677792 2

Stephan Kulow (coolo) - over 5 years ago

@jfehlig - I kind of like this part of the spec file diff:

-# ********* If the VB version exceeds 5.2.x, notify the libvirt maintainer!!
-Version:        5.2.22
+# ********* If the VB version exceeds 6.0.x, notify the libvirt maintainer!!
+Version:        6.0.4

But feel notified :)

James Fehlig (jfehlig) - over 5 years ago

source maintainer

I think we are good until the version reaches to 6.1.x :).

Side note: this reminds me again to consider permanently disabling the vbox driver in our libvirt package.

Dominique Leuenberger (dimstar) - over 5 years ago

reviewer

we 'will be good' - once libvirt gets a changed submission to live with vbox 6.0.x

but looking into src/vbox, I think there might be things missing to really support that :(

Larry Finger (lwfinger) - over 5 years ago

author

With a new "major" version, Oracle may update the version of kbuild that they use, which is the reason for the comment that amused. With 6.0, that did not happen. Who knows what will happen with 6.2?