Bug#902897: virtualbox: fails to start vm (VERR_LDRELF_RELOCATION_NOT_SUPPORTED)

[Steven R. Wright]

I am not claiming that things aren't going to break, since as unstable 
users we are functioning as beta testers, which is understood, but when 
a significantly critical bug is identified, there is no logical reason 
to continue to pass it around.  I've been using the unstable branch 
since the 1990s and this has usually what i have seen -- save in rare 
cases -- when fixes are not able to be included in a timely manner.  
Obviously I merely downgraded to the last functioning version of 
virtualbox et. al. (5.2.12-dfsg-3) in unstable but since 5.2.14-dfsg-1 
is a known NBG, there is little (or actually no) motivation for it to be 
in the repos.
On 07/08/18 15:23, Evgeny Kapun wrote:
On 08.07.2018 22:54, Steven R. Wright wrote:
This is a critical enough bug to warrant removing 5.2.14-dfsg-1 from 
the repos.  I have to do selective upgrades now to avoid pulling it in.

Unstable repo is called unstable for a reason. If you want a system 
that doesn't break, use stable (you can install VirtualBox from 
backports) or testing.