[vbox-dev] Sketch of how to build on OSX 10.9?

[Vadim Galitsyn]

Hi Jon,

> I successfully started a virtual machine that wasn't configured to use
> host-only networking, but can't start or reconfigure virtual machines
> that use host-only networking.


This is a permissions issue. Please update owner and mode for out/darwin.{amd64, x86}/{release, debug}/dist/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxNetAdpCtl.

sudo chown root ./VBoxNetAdpCtl
sudo chmod u+s ./VBoxNetAdpCtl

Vadim


On 19 Jun 2014, at 10:29, Jon Seymour <jon.seymour at gmail.com> wrote:

> Testing results.
> 
> I am able to load the kernel extensions and start the Virtual Box GUI.
> 
> I successfully started a virtual machine that wasn't configured to use
> host-only networking, but can't start or reconfigure virtual machines
> that use host-only networking. The vboxnet0 interface does not appear
> in the ifconfig -a output. I am attempting to find a diagnostic that
> tells me why or a previous report of  a similar problem.
> 
> jon.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Jon Seymour <jon.seymour at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok, I haven't had a chance to write up exactly what I needed to copy,
>> nor have I yet tested the result, but I have apparently managed to
>> build VirtualBox to completion on OSX 10.9 using the new
>> --with-xcode-dir option pointing to a partial copy of Xcode 4.1
>> extracted from the Xcode 4.1 package I downloaded from apple.
>> 
>> Some notes.
>> 
>> - I used xcode 4.1, with one exception
>> - I couldn't find ./Library/Xcode/PrivatePlugIns/Xcode3Core.ideplugin
>> in the 4.1 xcode package, so I used the version from xcode 5.1 since I
>> had that handy
>> - I used the Qt dependencies that had been ( I think ) installed by homebrew
>> 
>> jon.
>> 
>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Jon Seymour <jon.seymour at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Vadim,
>>> 
>>> Will do. Just to let you know I am about to hit the road for 9 weeks
>>> which means my access to large amounts of bandwidth may be somewhat
>>> variable which may impede my progress on this task somewhat.
>>> 
>>> My plan at this stage is to try building it with XCode 4.1 which I
>>> have fetched and am starting to unpack as I discover things I need
>>> such as gcc-4.2 etc. Once I am done, I will write up what I needed to
>>> do.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> jon
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Vadim Galitsyn
>>> <vadim.galitsyn at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>> Jon,
>>>> 
>>>> Please let us know if it helped. Btw, note that path to Xcode should not contain space characters (it will confuse the build system).
>>>> 
>>>> Vadim
>>>> 
>>>> On 18 Jun 2014, at 21:59, Jon Seymour <jon.seymour at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Vadim + Klaus,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the advice.
>>>>> 
>>>>> jon.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:05 AM, Vadim Galitsyn
>>>>> <vadim.galitsyn at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Jon,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Would I be better off editing the source to allow it to build against
>>>>>>> the 10.9 SDKs or, alternatively, trying to find copies of the earlier
>>>>>>> SDKs and building against those?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Please do not use 10.9 SDK, but use 10.6 one instead which comes with Xcode 3.2.0.
>>>>>> I understand that it is currently not possible to install Xcode 3.2.0 on Mavericks host,
>>>>>> but if you have it previously installed into some other location, you may “svn up” your local copy of OSE
>>>>>> repository and configure it in the following way (--with-xcode-dir option was introduced just today):
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ./configure --disable-hardening --with-xcode-dir=<path to Xcode 3.2.0> --with-qt-dir=/opt/local/Library
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>>> Vadim
>>>>>> 
>>>>