[vbox-dev] build dep package

[Perry Halbert]

Saw them *but.  It appears the VBOX_VERSION_STRING is tied to other 
functions of the build and particularly the _OSE.  The code you 
reference is appended as far as I can tell and the _ (underscore) is 
expected in the VBOX_VERSION_STRING unless you replace it throughout the 
entire code (which did work by the way, but even nastier IMHO since you 
would need to do that with every SVN update).  Like I said this is just 
a (debian version) hack to get the build to complete until it gets fixed 
by only changing the control file versions that Ubuntu dpkg needed to 
see to complete.  Dirty but works without issues in a short amount of 
time. I'll leave the rest to the experts.

As a side note: Ubuntu 11.04 does not work native with the wine hack 
(docs .chm) since it uses version 1.3.  I needed to uninstall 1.3 and 
install version 1.0.  Some functions have been deprecated in newer 
version of wine as well as dpkg and refused to build.




On 06/27/2011 05:15 AM, Martin Simmons wrote:
> Have you seen the similar tweaks for _ALPHA and _BETA in the same script?
> They look slightly cleaner.
>
> __Martin
>
>
>>>>>> On Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:58:33 -0500, Perry Halbert said:
>> This works well if you use a different top level folder than /trunk
>>
>> *** rules    2011-06-26 18:48:44.900727018 -0500
>> --- rules    2011-06-26 17:49:06.000000000 -0500
>> ***************
>> *** 58,66 ****
>>     NOWEBSVC ?= $(ose)
>>     NOWINE   := $(if $(NODOCS),$(if $(STAGEDISO),1,),)
>>
>> -
>> -
>> -
>>     ifneq ($(wildcard $(verfile)),)
>>     include $(verfile)
>>     ver      := $(VBOX_VERSION_STRING)
>> --- 58,63 ----
>> ***************
>> *** 383,388 ****
>> --- 380,387 ----
>>           -Vpulse=$(if $(HEADLESS),,libpulse0) \
>>           -Vsdlttf=$(if $(HEADLESS),,libsdl-ttf2.0-0) \
>>           -Vdkms=$(if $(filter _Debian_lenny,$(debrel)),,dkms)
>> +     sed -i 's/_OSE/-OSE/g'
>> $(vboxroot)/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/virtualbox-4.0/DEBIAN/control
>> +     sed -i 's/_OSE/-OSE/g'
>> $(vboxroot)/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/virtualbox-4.0-dbg/DEBIAN/control
>>         dh_md5sums
>>         dh_builddeb --destdir $(pkgdir)
>>     endif
>>
>>
>>
>> On 06/26/2011 01:31 PM, Perry Halbert wrote:
>>> Sorry I diff'ed the wrong file.  This one is the right one.
>>>
>>>
>>> *** rules    2011-06-26 12:56:42.004791009 -0500
>>> --- rules2    2011-06-26 13:28:44.744790998 -0500
>>> ***************
>>> *** 383,388 ****
>>> --- 383,390 ----
>>>          -Vpulse=$(if $(HEADLESS),,libpulse0) \
>>>          -Vsdlttf=$(if $(HEADLESS),,libsdl-ttf2.0-0) \
>>>          -Vdkms=$(if $(filter _Debian_lenny,$(debrel)),,dkms)
>>> +     sed -i 's/_OSE/-OSE/g'
>>> /trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/virtualbox-4.0/DEBIAN/control
>>> +     sed -i 's/_OSE/-OSE/g'
>>> /trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/virtualbox-4.0-dbg/DEBIAN/control
>>>        dh_md5sums
>>>        dh_builddeb --destdir $(pkgdir)
>>>    endif
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/26/2011 01:17 PM, Perry Halbert wrote:
>>>> Hack to allow debian build until this gets fixed. Tested on Ubuntu 10.10
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *** rules    2011-06-26 12:56:42.004791009 -0500
>>>> --- rules-new    2011-06-26 13:07:41.964790999 -0500
>>>> ***************
>>>> *** 384,389 ****
>>>> --- 384,391 ----
>>>>          -Vsdlttf=$(if $(HEADLESS),,libsdl-ttf2.0-0) \
>>>>          -Vdkms=$(if $(filter _Debian_lenny,$(debrel)),,dkms)
>>>>        dh_md5sums
>>>> +     sed -i 's/_OSE/-OSE/g'
>>>> /trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/virtualbox-4.0/DEBIAN/control
>>>> +     sed -i 's/_OSE/-OSE/g'
>>>> /trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/virtualbox-4.0-dbg/DEBIAN/control
>>>>        dh_builddeb --destdir $(pkgdir)
>>>>    endif
>>>>
>>>> On 06/25/2011 09:10 PM, Perry Halbert wrote:
>>>>> Seems like a find replace and removing the _ (underscore) from _OSE
>>>>> does the trick. Not pretty but it does prove the fact that the newer
>>>>> dpkg just does not like the _ (underscore) in the version name
>>>>> VBOX_OSE.  It might work with a - (hyphen) but it does not like a
>>>>> ~(tilde) at all.  Complains a lot about blank space in macro.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 06/24/2011 05:17 PM, Perry Halbert wrote:
>>>>>> I knew what the issue was I am looking for a way to get around it.
>>>>>> So far I know it has to do with the illegal character and the fact
>>>>>> that almost everything Linux says that the _ (underscore) is
>>>>>> invalid these days.  My dpkg config foo is not that good but I did
>>>>>> manage to fake it out once.  Then I had to repair my system. Not to
>>>>>> mention that _OSE is in like 10,000 places in the code.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So the easiest way to fix this is to somehow generate a different
>>>>>> Version string that does not have the _ in the name.  That's my
>>>>>> next endeavor anyway.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 06/24/2011 01:45 PM, Martin Simmons wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:36:58 -0500, Perry Halbert said:
>>>>>>>> Ubuntu 10.10 latest VBox from svn.
>>>>>>>> /trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian rules binary
>>>>>>>> Any idea how to get around this issue? Debian lenny will complete with
>>>>>>>> the error but does bark about it.
>>>>>>>> Looks like the issue is being generated by VBox as the control file has
>>>>>>>> the exact information that dpkg-deb: is complaining about.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dh_md5sums: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
>>>>>>>> dh_builddeb --destdir /
>>>>>>>> dh_builddeb: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated.
>>>>>>>> dpkg-deb: parse error, in file 'debian/virtualbox-4.0/DEBIAN/control'
>>>>>>>> near line 2 package 'virtualbox-4.0':
>>>>>>>>     error in Version string '4.0.51_OSE-37581~Ubuntu~maverick': invalid
>>>>>>>> character in version number
>>>>>>>> dh_builddeb: dpkg-deb --build debian/virtualbox-4.0 / returned exit code 2
>>>>>>>> make[1]: *** [binary] Error 9
>>>>>>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux'
>>>>>>>> make: *** [binary] Error 2
>>>>>> I think the invalid character is the underscore in "_OSE", which is from the
>>>>>> version number generated by VBox.
>>>>>> Somehow Oracle build their packages without OSE, but the source code they
>>>>>> release builds with OSE.  There is a thread from a few days ago here, but it
>>>>>> hasn't been resolved yet:
>>>>>> http://vbox.innotek.de/pipermail/vbox-dev/2011-June/004251.html
>>>>>> __Martin
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