Re: virtualbox-dkms fails to build with 3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 kernel
Quoth Matt Palmer:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:45:47AM -0400, Nick wrote:
> > However when I try to install the virtualbox-dkms package I get
> > an error. The output of
> > /var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/4.1.18/build/make.log is:
>
> No wai! I hit this problem earlier today.
Great minds... ;)
> The problem is in Virtualbox -- the old version you're building the modules
> of hasn't been updated for the change in data structure in the kernel (it's
> related to a build option in the kernel, I believe). Running the
> virtualbox{,-dkms} from wheezy-backports works just fine.
Aha, I didn't see the backported virtualbox packages, because they
all appear to be in non-free in backports (despite being in main in
Debian). Is this just an oversight after they changed their license?
Nick
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