[vbox-dev] Virtualbox 6.1.14a fails to build when the liblzf library is provided by system.

[Sérgio Basto]

On Tue, 2020-09-08 at 23:02 +0200, Thibault Vataire wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Virtualbox 6.1.14 fails to build when the liblzf library is provided
> by 
> system, but succeeds if the liblzf library is build from virtualbox
> sources.
> 
> System info :
>      Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
>      liblzf-dev/buster-backports,now 3.6-2~bpo10+1 amd64  [installé]
>      liblzf1/buster-backports,now 3.6-2~bpo10+1 amd64  [installé, 
> automatique]
> 
> 
> Steps to reproduce :
> 1/ install liblzf & liblzf-dev packages from debian repository
> 2/ decompress sources from 
> https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.14/VirtualBox-6.1.14a.tar.bz2
> 4/ configure and start build.
> 
> Result :
> ...
> kBuild: Compiling tstVDIo - 
> /tmp/VirtualBox-6.1.14/src/VBox/Storage/testcase/VDScriptInterp.cpp
> kmk: *** No rule to make target 
> '/tmp/VirtualBox-6.1.14/out/linux.amd64/release/lib/VBox-liblzf.a', 
> needed by 
> '/tmp/VirtualBox-6.1.14/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/vbox-img/vbox-
> img'. 
> Stop.
> kmk: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> ...
> 
> Expected result :
> If ./configure returns : "Checking for liblzf: found LZF API version 
> 1.5, OK."
> the build should complete successfully.

is this [1] the fix ?

[1]
https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-virtualbox-team/virtualbox/-/blob/master/debian/patches/changeset_86042.patch

> Regards,
> Thibault Vataire
-- 
Sérgio M. B.