On Fri, 02 May 2014, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 15:46 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > I'm assuming you installed Virtualbox from the "official" Debian > > Repo, and not from Oracle's Virtualbox Debian repo. > > What ever way, for what ever distro I chose, I always build VBox > modules using DKMS. > > Assumed you set up on provided packages, then you limit yourself on > provided kernels. Those provided kernels are unlikely good for special > needs.
The only part of Virtualbox that requires DKMS rebuilding IIRC is its kernel module. And that only happens with a kernel upgrade. The other binaries don't change. At least, they haven't on my system. FWIW, I've had several "security" kernel upgrades since installing Wheezy 64-bit last May, and the VB kernel module didn't require rebuilding even though the system is set up to do so. I guess the kernel didn't change enough to require it. An advantage of using Stable, I guess. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140501223536.331dd...@debian7.boseck208.net
