[vbox-dev] build dep package

[Perry Halbert]

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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