[vbox-dev] Problem building 5.0.34 and 5.0.36

[Klaus Espenlaub]

Hi Larry,

On 16.03.2017 20:19, Larry Finger wrote:
> When I try to build RPMs for either 5.0.34 or 5.0.36 on openSUSE 42.1, I
> get the following error:
>
> [  337s] kmk_builtin_rm -f
> "/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-extpack.xml"
>
> [  337s] , /usr/bin/xsltproc --nonet --xinclude  --output
> /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-extpack.xml
> /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/doc/manual/docbook-refentry-to-manpage-preprocessing.xsl
> /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-extpack.xml
>
> [  337s] kmk: ,: Command not found
> [  337s] kmk: ***
> [/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-debugvm.xml]
> Error 127
> [  337s] kmk: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> [  337s] kmk: ***
> [/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-extpack.xml]
> Error 127
> [  337s] kmk_builtin_append -n
> "/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/tstDeviceStructSizeRC/tstDeviceStructSizeRC.o.dep"
> ""
> "/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/src/VBox/Devices/testcase/tstDeviceStructSizeRC.cpp:"
> ""
> [  359s] kmk_builtin_append -n
> "/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/VBoxRemPrimary/target-i386/translate.o.dep"
> ""
> "/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-5.0.36/src/recompiler/target-i386/translate.c:"
> ""
>
> Version 5.0.32 builds correctly. I have looked at the differences
> between the two versions, and nothing is obvious. The problem is likely
> due to a difference between some utility in openSUSE 42.1 and the distro
> you use for builds.

No, it isn't distro specific - it's our different build process which 
was hiding the typo unfortunately...

In the end it was a forgotten backport to 5.0, fixing a typo (brought to 
my attention yesterday by another packager): you need to apply 
https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/63850/vbox

The patch can be retrieved with 
https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/63850/vbox?format=diff

> Any suggestion on where I might look?

Thanks goes to the other packager, he was faster then I with locating 
the problem.

Klaus

> Thanks,
> Larry