During the installation of VirtualBox 3.2.8 downloaded from
virtualbox.org (newer version than what's available at
opensolaris.org/dev) I noticed a postinstall script error about USB
support being disabled because it could not determine the OpenSolaris
"snv" version.
The workaround is to unpack the package
# pkgtrans VirtualBox-3.2.8-SunOS-r64453.pkg .
(note the "." at the end of the command) which extracts the package into
a directory called SUNWvbox.
Edit SUNWvbox/reloc/opt/VirtualBox/vboxconfig.sh and replace all
references to "snv" with "oi".
Reinstall virtualbox, from the modified directory (not from the pkg file)
# pkgrm SUNWvbox
# pkgadd -d . SUNWvbox
now there is an error about vboxconfig.sh not matching size and checksum.
Edit SUNWvbox/pkgmap and fix the size and checksum of vboxconfig.sh
(the installer tells you the new values)
reinstall again
# pkgrm SUNWvbox
# pkgadd -d . SUNWvbox
I don't really know if USB support actually works but at least there are
no errors during installation and virtualbox runs ok.
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