[vbox-dev] VirtualBox-5.0.16 fails to compile - linux 64-bit

[John Frankish]

Compiling VirtualBox-5.0.16 using linux 64-bit initially fails with (despite
using the patch from ticket #7763):

kmk all
...
kBuild: Compiling xpidl -
/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/typelib/xpidl/xpidl.c
In file included from
/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/typelib/xpidl/xpidl.c:42
:0:
/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/typelib/xpidl/xpidl.h:49
:18: fatal error: glib.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated. [glib.h is under /usr/local/include/glib-2.0]
kmk: ***
[/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/xpidl/xpcom/typelib/
xpidl/xpidl.o] Error 1
The failing command:
@gcc -c -O2    -Wno-format  -O2 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing
-m64
-I/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/bin/sdk/bindings/xpcom/
include
-I/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/bin/sdk/bindings/xpcom/
include/nsprpub
-I/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/bin/sdk/bindings/xpcom/
include/string
-I/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/bin/sdk/bindings/xpcom/
include/xpcom
-I/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/bin/sdk/bindings/xpcom/
include/ipcd -I/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/include
-I/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release -DVBOX -DVBOX_OSE
-DVBOX_WITH_64_BITS_GUESTS -DVBOX_WITH_DEBUGGER -DRT_OS_LINUX
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DRT_ARCH_AMD64 -D__AMD64__ -DVBOX_WITH_HARDENING
-DRTPATH_APP_PRIVATE=\"/usr/local/share/virtualbox\"
-DRTPATH_APP_PRIVATE_ARCH=\"/usr/lib/local/virtualbox\"
-DRTPATH_SHARED_LIBS=\"/usr/lib/local/virtualbox\"
-DRTPATH_APP_DOCS=\"/usr/local/share/doc/virtualbox\" -DIN_RING3
-DLOG_DISABLED -DMOZILLA_CLIENT=1 -DNDEBUG=1 -D_IMPL_NS_COM
-DXPCOM_DLL_BASE=\"VBoxXPCOM\" -DMOZ_DLL_SUFFIX=\".so\" -DIN_RING3
-DVBOX_WITH_XPCOM_NAMESPACE_CLEANUP -DMOZ_PRESERVE_PIC -DEXPORT_XPT_API
-DOSTYPE=\"Linux2.6\" -DOSARCH=\"Linux\" -DXP_UNIX=1 -D_GNU_SOURCE
-DHAVE_VISIBILITY_ATTRIBUTE=1 -DHAVE_VA_LIST_AS_ARRAY -DHAVE_VA_COPY
-DVA_COPY\(a\,b\)=__builtin_va_copy\(a\,b\)
-Wp,-MD,/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/xpidl/xpcom/t
ypelib/xpidl/xpidl.o.dep
-Wp,-MT,/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/xpidl/xpcom/t
ypelib/xpidl/xpidl.o -Wp,-MP -o
/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/xpidl/xpcom/typelib/x
pidl/xpidl.o
/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/typelib/xpidl/xpidl.c
kmk: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
kmk: *** Exiting with status 2

If I then symlink the glib and libIDL headers to somewhere "kmk all" can
find them, it then fails with:

kBuild: Compiling xpt_link -
/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/src/libs/xpcom18a4/xpcom/typelib/xpt/src/xpt_xdr.
c
kBuild: Pass - Libraries
kBuild: Generating
/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/CAPIHeaders/VBoxCAPIG
lue.h
/etc/init.d/tc-functions: 72: Syntax error: Bad substitution
kmk: ***
[/usr/src/VirtualBox-5.0.16/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/CAPIHeaders/VBoxCAPI
Glue.h] Error 2
kmk: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
kmk: *** Exiting with status 2

line 72 of /etc/init.d/tc-functions is:

 if [ "${D2:0:5}" == "UUID=" ]; then

..but I've no idea what it is trying to substitute...

Regards
John