linux (5.4.0-87.98) focal; urgency=medium
* please drop virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-source (LP: #1933248)
- [Config] Disable virtualbox dkms build
Disabled do_dkms_vbox, because src:virtualbox got srued into Focal which no
longer provides virtualbox-guest-dkms
I fear/wonder if this will cause regressions for virtualbox, in case
previous v5.4 kernel had newer/better/different vbox guest modules
versus what will be available now.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1933248
Title:
please drop virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-source
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in virtualbox-hwe package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Focal:
Fix Committed
Status in virtualbox source package in Focal:
Invalid
Status in virtualbox-hwe source package in Focal:
Invalid
Bug description:
[Impact]
* virtualbox guest modules have graduated into the upstream vanilla
kernel, since at least v5.4 / Ubuntu 20.04
* These guest modules are no longer needed in dkms or source form, as
they are always available from all kernel flavours, including when the
packages are backported to Ubuntu 20.04.
* Thus we should stop shipping them, and instead rely on the upstream
ones.
[Test Plan]
* Boot virtualbox images
* Check that guest-modules based integration still works.
[Where problems could occur]
* There might be differences between the linux kernel provided
modules, guest userspace & host userspace tooling. If there are any
differences, we would have to resolve the issues as needed to maintain
backwards & forwards compatibility.
[Other Info]
* virtualbox guest modules fail to build from source with recent kernels.
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