We need dedicated RPM packages for upcoming Fedora 32 release. (fixed with 6.1.10)

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

We need dedicated RPM packages for upcoming Fedora 32 release.

The following had been reported:

i have a issue with
https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.6/VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.6_137129_fedora31-1.x86_64.rpm
 
The installation of this rpm on Fedora 32 (which will be released
tomorrow) fails with the following message:
 
# dnf install VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.6_137129_fedora31-1.x86_64.rpm
Letzte Prüfung auf abgelaufene Metadaten: vor 2:14:28 am Mo 27 Apr 2020
16:01:09 CEST.
Fehler:
 Problem: conflicting requests
  - nothing provides python(abi) = 3.7 needed by
VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.6_137129_fedora31-1.x86_64
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

We need to provide dedicated Fedora 32 RPM packages going forward.

see also #19431 Dependency failure on Fedora 32 - python(abi)

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

Step 1, small adjustements we need for rpmbuild:

VBox/Trunk root@lserver trunk # svn diff
Index: src/VBox/Installer/linux/distributions_rpm
===================================================================
--- src/VBox/Installer/linux/distributions_rpm	(revision 137597)
+++ src/VBox/Installer/linux/distributions_rpm	(working copy)
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 sles11.0        = SLES_11_0
 sles10.1        = SLES_10_1
 mdv2011.0       = MANDRIVA_2011_0
+fedora32        = FEDORA_32
 fedora31        = FEDORA_31
 fedora29        = FEDORA_29
 fedora26        = FEDORA_26
Index: src/VBox/Installer/linux/rpm/rules
===================================================================
--- src/VBox/Installer/linux/rpm/rules	(revision 137597)
+++ src/VBox/Installer/linux/rpm/rules	(working copy)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
   $(error Cannot detect package distribution (rpmrel=$(rpmrel)))
  endif
 
- ifeq ($(filter-out el5 el6 el7 el8 fedora18 fedora19 fedora20 fedora21 fedora22 fedora24 fedora25 fedora26 fedora29 fedora31,$(rpmrel)),)
+ ifeq ($(filter-out el5 el6 el7 el8 fedora18 fedora19 fedora20 fedora21 fedora22 fedora24 fedora25 fedora26 fedora29 fedora31 fedora32,$(rpmrel)),)
   rpmspec := rpm_redhat
  endif
  ifeq ($(filter-out openSUSE110 openSUSE111 openSUSE112 openSUSE113 openSUSE114 openSUSE123 openSUSE131 openSUSE132 openSUSE150 openSUSETW,$(rpmrel)),)

Putbacked to trunk in revision r137625

Backported to 6.1 in revision r137627

Backported to 6.0.X in revision r137628

Backported to 5.2.X in revision r137632

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

the following changesets are requried internally for build purposes on trunk ( r137774 ) and 6.1 ( r137793 ).

[Freddy Willemsen]

Is there some kind of ETA when we can expect a fedora 32 RPM? I am currently using a test build but would rather use an 'official' released RPM. Thanks in advance.

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

for Fedora32 support we also need to address:

#19583 GUI crashes when using Qt on Xwayland sessions

[ngrennan]

Can you release without fixing the Wayland issue? I am on Fedora 32 and using Xorg, as I have for many Fedora releases. It would work for me as is. The only thing blocking using the 31 rpm, for me, is that it has a dependency on python 3.7 instead of 3.8.

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

with the changesets for Trunk r138351 and for 6.1.X r138377 the shebang line for vboxshell.py will be switched from unspecified python to python3 during the package build for now. That'll allow rpmbuild to create a package on Fedora 32. /usr/bin/pathfix.py is contained within the python3-devel package which is a pre-requisite for a Virtualbox build server.

Index: src/VBox/Installer/linux/rpm/VirtualBox.tmpl.spec
===================================================================
--- src/VBox/Installer/linux/rpm/VirtualBox.tmpl.spec	(revision 138375)
+++ src/VBox/Installer/linux/rpm/VirtualBox.tmpl.spec	(working copy)
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@
 fi
 test -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL && \
   chmod 4511 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL
+%if %{?with_python:1}%{!?with_python:0}
+if [ -x /usr/bin/pathfix.py ]; then
+  /usr/bin/pathfix.py -pni "%{__python3} %{py3_shbang_opts}" $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxshell.py
+fi
+%endif

[Andre Robatino]

Installed VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.10_138449_fedora32-1.x86_64.rpm on F32. Seems to work fine. Thanks!

[dude]

VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.10_138449_fedora31-1.x86_64.rpm does *not* work on Fedora 32. Same error as 6.1.8:

sudo dnf install VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.10_138449_fedora31-1.x86_64.rpm
Last metadata expiration check: 2:35:35 ago on Sat 06 Jun 2020 11:35:57 AM EDT.
Error: 
 Problem: conflicting requests
  - nothing provides python(abi) = 3.7 needed by VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.10_138449_fedora31-1.x86_64
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages)

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

Replying to dude:

VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.10_138449_fedora31-1.x86_64.rpm does *not* work

I have marked your problem for you. Your welcome.

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

fixed with Virtualbox release 6.1.10

​https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.10/VirtualBox-6.1-6.1.10_138449_fedora32-1.x86_64.rpm

[Frank Batschulat (Oracle)]

there will be no Fedora32 packages for the 6.0.X and 5.2.X branches.