[vbox-dev] build dep package

Frank Mehnert frank.mehnert at oracle.com
Mon Jun 27 16:27:27 GMT 2011 

Perry, Martin,

The correct fix should be in r37650.

Re the Wine issue: We will try to check this eventually but usually
we build the Wine stuff as well as the Doc stuff in a separate step.
Therefore this issue is not urgent for us.

Kind regards,

Frank

On Monday 27 June 2011 18:17:08 Perry Halbert wrote:
> 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/contro
> >> l +     sed -i 's/_OSE/-OSE/g'
> >> $(vboxroot)/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian/virtualbox-4.0-dbg/DEBIAN/co
> >> ntrol
> >> 
> >>         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/contro
> >>> l
> >>> 
> >>>        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/contr
> >>>> ol
> >>>> 
> >>>>        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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