filespec_add: conflicting specifications for /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.18/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/98vboxadd-xclient and /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.18/bin/VBoxClient-all, using system_u:object_r:bin_t:s0. -> fixed in 4.3.x and later releases after 24 Nov 2014

[Andre Robatino]

In both my Fedora 21 and Rawhide VirtualBox guests, with guest additions installed, if I do an SELinux relabel, I get the error message in the Summary. I originally reported this to Fedora's Bugzilla as ​https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164050 which was closed as NOTABUG as they believe the bug is in VirtualBox. I'm attaching a VBox.log file for my Rawhide guest, though I did not do a relabel with this particular run. (The error is 100% reproducible.)

[Andre Robatino]

VBox.log for Fedora Rawhide guest

[Michael Thayer]

This looks relevant:

​http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Knowledge_Base:Conflicting_specifications_during_rlpkg

[Andre Robatino]

Issue also exists in VirtualBox 4.3.20 (with 4.3.18 replaced by 4.3.20 in the error message, of course). I don't appear to have permission to edit the ticket accordingly (either the Version, or the Summary).

[Frank Mehnert]

No need to update the ticket for every version. Fix is planned for the next maintenance release.

[Andre Robatino]

Replying to frank:

No need to update the ticket for every version. Fix is planned for the next maintenance release.

Thanks. I wasn't even sure if it was a bug or due to some kind of nonstandard configuration on my system.

[Michael Thayer]

I was actually waiting for some sort of response from you before committing the fix. Based on the Gentoo wiki link above, could you try removing /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.18/bin/VBoxClient-all on the guest and replacing it with a symbolic link to /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.18/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/98vboxadd-xclient to see if that fixes the issue? Thanks.

[Andre Robatino]

Replying to michael:

I was actually waiting for some sort of response from you before committing the fix. Based on the Gentoo wiki link above, could you try removing /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.18/bin/VBoxClient-all on the guest and replacing it with a symbolic link to /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.18/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/98vboxadd-xclient to see if that fixes the issue? Thanks.

Replacing the 4.3.20 file with the symlink does appear to fix the issue.

[Michael Thayer]

I uploaded test builds<1> where this issue should be fixed. (Actually the OS X test build is currently at revision 97013, which is two too early, but the others should be good, as should the separate Additions download.)

[Frank Mehnert]

Fix is part of VBox 4.3.22.