Package: virtualbox-ose Version: 1.6.6-dfsg-3 Severity: wishlist Hello
Today I installed virtualbox-ose on a Lenny system. It ran kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64. When I installed virtualbox-ose it installed the kernel module for 2.6.26-1-amd64 (which I hadn't removed) instead of the module for 2.6.26-2-amd64. Virtualbox worked when installing the module for the running kernel. This works but could be made easier. One way to make it easier is to create a module that uses dkms (for example virtualbox-ose-source-dkms). Dkms will then rebuild the module automatically when a new kernel is installed. This will let your users upgrade their kernels without worrying about virtualbox-ose. If you set it as the default (for example Recommends: virtualbox-ose-source-dkms | virtualbox-ose-modules,) less advanced users will get the easy behavior by default. Dkms is currently in sid and in testing. Ubuntu uses it for their version of virtualbox-ose but I don't know how much work will be required to use their changes in Debian. Sincerely Sveinung -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
