Public bug reported:
Due to upstream's patch policy, security updated are newer minor
releases. That is great for the user. But the catch is that just the
main virtua box packages (virtualbox, virtualbox-qt and virtualbox-dkms)
are updated.
Both virtualbox-guest-additions-iso and virtualbox-ext-pack become
useless after the security update is installed, as the minor version
must match for it to work. While the virtualbox-ext-pack is arguably
relatively easy to find on upstream's webpage (which one has to know
about and go there yourself), the guest additions iso actually has no
public download, since it always comes bundled with the virtualbox
releases.
Long story short, please also update these packages whenever you upload
a new minor version as security update, otherwise you make those
packages completely useless.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: virtualbox-guest-additions-iso 5.0.4-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-25.30-generic 4.2.6
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Mon Feb 1 08:32:31 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-04 (88 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: virtualbox-ext-pack (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily
** Also affects: virtualbox-ext-pack (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Packaged version must match version of virtualbox package
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