[vbox-dev] Announcement: VirtualBox 5.1.24 released

[Sérgio Basto]

On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 11:12 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 07/21/2017 05:54 AM, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > On Thu, 2017-07-20 at 19:59 -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
> > > On 07/18/2017 06:30 AM, Klaus Espenlaub wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > today Oracle released VirtualBox 5.1.24, a maintenance release
> > > > of
> > > > VirtualBox 5.1 which improves stability and fixes regressions.
> > > > 
> > > > See the Changelog at
> > > > 
> > > >     https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
> > > > 
> > > > for a complete list of all changes.
> > > > 
> > > > You can download the binaries here:
> > > > 
> > > >     https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
> > > 
> > > For gcc7 builds for i586, I find the source needs an additional
> > > patch:
> > > 
> > > Index:
> > > VirtualBox-
> > > 5.1.22/src/VBox/Devices/PC/ipxe/src/arch/i386/interface/pxe/pxe_p
> > > rebo
> > > ot.c
> > > =================================================================
> > > ==
> > > ---
> > > VirtualBox-
> > > 5.1.22.orig/src/VBox/Devices/PC/ipxe/src/arch/i386/interface/pxe/
> > > pxe_
> > > preboot.c
> > > +++
> > > VirtualBox-
> > > 5.1.22/src/VBox/Devices/PC/ipxe/src/arch/i386/interface/pxe/pxe_p
> > > rebo
> > > ot.c
> > > @@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ pxenv_restart_tftp ( struct s_PXENV_TFTP
> > > 
> > >           /* Restart NBP */
> > >           rmlongjmp ( pxe_restart_nbp, PXENV_RESTART_TFTP );
> > > +       return 0;
> > >    }
> > > 
> > >    /* PXENV_START_UNDI
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Without this patch gcc7 errors with a "non-void function returns
> > > a
> > > random
> > > value". Obviously, the compiler does not know how to process that
> > > rmlongjmp()
> > > call; however, adding that extra line has little effect on the
> > > object
> > > code.
> > > 
> > > Larry
> > 
> > I also got issues with latest gcc , glibc etc .
> > 
> > http://koji.rpmfusion.org/kojifiles/work/tasks/6178/146178/build.lo
> > g
> > 
> > http://koji.rpmfusion.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=146178
> > 
> > In file included from /builddir/build/BUILD/VirtualBox-
> > 5.1.24/src/VBox/ExtPacks/VBoxDTrace/onnv/uts/common/sys/dtrace.h:55
> > :0,
> >                   from /builddir/build/BUILD/VirtualBox-
> > 5.1.24/src/VBox/ExtPacks/VBoxDTrace/onnv/lib/libdtrace/common/dtrac
> > e.h:
> > 38,
> >                   from /builddir/build/BUILD/VirtualBox-
> > 5.1.24/src/VBox/ExtPacks/VBoxDTrace/onnv/cmd/dtrace/dtrace.c:37:
> > /builddir/build/BUILD/VirtualBox-
> > 5.1.24/src/VBox/ExtPacks/VBoxDTrace/include/VBoxDTraceTypes.h:59:37
> > :
> > error: conflicting types for 'greg_t'
> >   typedef RTCCINTREG                  greg_t;
> >                                       ^~~~~~
> > In file included from /usr/include/signal.h:302:0,
> >                   from /usr/include/sys/wait.h:36,
> >                   from /builddir/build/BUILD/VirtualBox-
> > 5.1.24/src/VBox/ExtPacks/VBoxDTrace/onnv/cmd/dtrace/dtrace.c:34:
> > /usr/include/sys/ucontext.h:37:37: note: previous declaration of
> > 'greg_t' was here
> >   __extension__ typedef long long int greg_t;
> >                                       ^~~~~~
> > kmk: *** [/builddir/build/BUILD/VirtualBox-
> > 5.1.24/obj/obj/VBoxDTraceCmd/src/VBox/ExtPacks/VBoxDTrace/onnv/cmd/
> > dtra
> > ce/dtrace.o] Error 1
> > 
> > 
> > Any feedback is welcome
> 
> I have not seen that problem. Obviously your build system differs.
> 
> You might try the statement "#undef greg_t" just before the typedef
> for greg_t 
> in src/VBox/ExtPacks/VBoxDTrace/include/VBoxDTraceTypes.h.
> 
> Interesting that the file contains the statement
> "#  include <sys/ucontext.h> /* avoid greg_t trouble */". It seems
> that it is 
> not working.

Hi, thanks for the reply,  this looks like a problem with glibc 25.90 

/usr/include/sys/ucontext.h is part of glibc-headers ...
 
I will test it soon .

Best regards, 
-- 
Sérgio M. B.