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

[Thibault Vataire]

Yes this patch fixes the problem.
Regards,
Thibault Vataire


Le 09/09/2020 à 01:34, Sérgio Basto a écrit :
> 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