4.3.6 cannot install on Solaris 12 due to script errors => Fixed in SVN

[James McPherson]

I'm running Solaris 12 build 41. I was unable to install VirtualBox v4.3.6 because there are three errors in the vboxconfig.sh script:

260c260
<                     BRANCH_VERSION=STR_KERN_MAJOR
---
>                     BRANCH_VERSION=$STR_KERN_MAJOR
262c262
<                     if test "HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION" = "5.12"; then
---
>                     if test "$HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION" = "5.12"; then

After pkgtrans'ing the pkg so I could hack on the vboxconfig.sh script, I was then able to partially install the package, and determined that the line which translates STR_KERN_MAJOR from the partial FMRI needs another element in its sed invocation

Adding ;s/-.* allows

STR_KERN_MAJOR=echo "$PKGFMRI" | sed 's/^.*\@//;s/\,.*//;s/-.*//'

which then allows correct installation to occur (modulo the vboxconfig.sh checksum and filesize not matching the pkg prototype.

Marking as 'major' because this defect completely prevents installation on Solaris 12.

[James McPherson]

fixed version of vboxconfig.sh

[Ramshankar Venkataraman]

This was already fixed and backported to 4.3 branch on 28/01/2014. Fix should be available in the next maintenance release.

Here is the complete fix in case anyone wants to patch before we release the next maintenance release:

@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@
                     # STR_KERN_MAJOR is now of the format "5.12-5.12.0.0.0.9.1.3.0:20121012T032837Z" with '9' representing
                     # the build number.
-                    BRANCH_VERSION=STR_KERN_MAJOR
+                    BRANCH_VERSION=$STR_KERN_MAJOR
                     HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION=`echo "$BRANCH_VERSION" | cut -f2 -d'-' | cut -f1,2 -d'.'`
-                    if test "HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION" = "5.12"; then
+                    if test "$HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION" = "5.12"; then
+                        HOST_OS_MAJORVERSION="12"
                         HOST_OS_MINORVERSION=`echo "$BRANCH_VERSION" | cut -f2 -d'-' | cut -f6 -d'.'`
                         return 0

[Frank Mehnert]

Could you test ​VBox 4.3.8 RC1?

[Frank Mehnert]

Fix is part of VBox 4.3.8.

[James McPherson]

I confirm that this issue is resolved with 4.3.8 on Solaris 12 b42.

[Frank Mehnert]

Thanks for the feedback!