The sequence is # apt-get install virtualbox-source # m-a update # m-a prepare # m-a build virtualbox-source
the last command is supposed to create a .deb package but the building process fails at about 30%; as a result you can view the build log Lorenzo 2015-05-13 18:43 GMT+02:00 Gianfranco Costamagna < costamagnagianfra...@yahoo.it>: > Please post the *exact* sequence you run in order to spot the problem. > > I never used vbox source, I use vbox-dkms :) > > cheers, > > G. > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > ------------------------------ > *From*:"lorenz lor" <lorenzo.r...@gmail.com> > *Date*:Wed, 13 May, 2015 at 18:40 > *Subject*:Re: [Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#785161: kbuild: module-assistant > fails to build virtualbox-source > > Hi Frank, > > I was not aware of the right procedure to export the module's source from > the VirtualBox tree, so thank you for pointing out :) > > @ Debian Maintainers: > I still think there is a problem with m-a and/or virtualbox-source Debian > packages: from the first message I post it seems that m-a is using kmk to > build the vbox module instead of the standard make, and this is an > "unsupported way of building" that leads to the failure. > Of course, as a non developer, I have a limited ability to understand this > kind of problems so if you think there is nothing to fix I won't push this > issue further. > > Thank you for your attention > > Lorenzo > > > 2015-05-13 14:52 GMT+02:00 Frank Mehnert <frank.mehn...@oracle.com>: > >> Hi Lorenzo, >> >> On Wednesday 13 May 2015 14:23:09 lorenz lor wrote: >> > I'm a bit confused about the snipped you post: if I understand right, >> the >> > point is that " kbuild is not meant to build vbox kernel modules". >> > So to build the modules I'm supposed to do something like >> > ./configure >> > make >> > make install >> > ? >> > is that right? >> >> No. >> >> I'm talking about VirtualBox. To build the sources you need to do >> >> ./configure >> kmk >> kmk packing >> >> This builds the whole tree and as part of the compilation process, the >> kernel >> modules are built as well but these modules are NOT meant to be actually >> used. >> To compile the Linux kernel modules, do >> >> ./src/VBox/HostDrivers/Support/linux/export_modules ~/vboxhost.tar.gz >> >> Then extract the resulting archive and do >> >> make >> >> in the resulting directory. This will compile the kernel modules against >> the >> currently installed kernel sources. >> >> make install >> >> Will install the kernel modules into /lib/modules/... >> >> Please be aware that kmk as part of kBuild is something completely >> different >> than Linux kbuild (= kernel build system). >> >> Frank >> -- >> Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert | Software Development Director, VirtualBox >> ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Werkstr. 24 | 71384 Weinstadt, Germany >> >> ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG >> Hauptverwaltung: Riesstraße 25, D-80992 München >> Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 >> >> Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. >> Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande >> Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 >> Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher > > >
