Hello Ulrich and Sérgio, Please see r70497[1].
Regards Michael [1] https://www.virtualbox.org/changeset/70497/vbox 09.01.2018 12:31, Ulrich Gemkow wrote: > Hello Michael, > > On Tuesday 09 January 2018, Michael Thayer wrote: >> Hello Ulrich, >> >> Could you try applying the following patch to configure? It is against >> trunk, but I checked that it applies against 5.1. The quick explanation >> is that we switched from doing kernel module test builds as part of the >> build process to doing them as test cases. One reason for reworking >> them was that the old way did not work with Linux 4.9 and later, which >> is the reason for most of the removed lines below. However we also >> changed the Make variables which controlled it and clearly forgot to >> update configure. > > Thanks! This patch fixes the problem. > >> Regards from the other side of Stuttgart. > > Best regards and best wishes to your side of Stuttgart :-) > > Ulrich > >> Michael >> >> Index: configure >> =================================================================== >> --- configure (revision 120097) >> +++ configure (working copy) >> @@ -1766,31 +1766,7 @@ >> fail >> else >> if test_execute; then >> - cat > $ODIR.tmp_src.c << EOF >> -#include <linux/version.h> >> -int printf(const char *format, ...); >> -int main(void) >> -{ >> - return LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4,9,0) ? 1 : 0; >> -} >> -EOF >> - echo "compiling the following source file:" >> $LOG >> - cat $ODIR.tmp_src.c >> $LOG >> - echo "using the following command line:" >> $LOG >> - echo "$CC -O -Wall -o $ODIR.tmp_out $ODIR.tmp_src.c -nostdinc >> -I$LINUX/include " \ >> - "-I$LINUX/include/generated/uapi" >> $LOG >> - $CC -O -Wall -o $ODIR.tmp_out $ODIR.tmp_src.c -nostdinc >> -I$LINUX/include \ >> - -I$LINUX/include/generated/uapi >> $LOG 2>&1 >> - if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then >> - $ODIR.tmp_out >> - if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then >> - cnf_append "VBOX_WITH_VBOXDRV" "" >> - cnf_append "VBOX_WITH_ADDITION_DRIVERS" "" >> - echo "Detected Linux >= 4.8 -- disabling compiling of Linux >> kernel modules." >> - else >> - cnf_append "VBOX_LINUX_SRC" "`cd $LINUX ; pwd`" >> - fi >> - fi >> + cnf_append "VBOX_LINUX_SRC" "`cd $LINUX ; pwd`" >> fi >> fi >> } >> @@ -2822,8 +2798,7 @@ >> check_linux >> else >> cnf_append "VBOX_LINUX_SRC" "" >> - cnf_append "VBOX_WITH_VBOXDRV" "" >> - cnf_append "VBOX_WITH_ADDITION_DRIVERS" "" >> + cnf_append "VBOX_WITHOUT_LINUX_TEST_BUILDS" "1" >> fi >> if [ $ONLY_ADDITIONS -eq 0 ]; then >> if [ $WITH_ALSA -eq 1 ]; then >> >> 06.01.2018 13:55, Ulrich Gemkow wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> On Saturday 06 January 2018, "Sérgio" Basto wrote: >>>> On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 20:10 +0100, Ulrich Gemkow wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> VirtualBox 5.1.30 can no longer be compiled when the kernel sources >>>>> are not available during the build. The compile fails with the error >>>>> >>>>> -- kBuild: Installing /lnc/build/apps/make/VirtualBox- >>>>> 5.1.30/out/linux.amd64/release/misc-staging/rdesktop-1.8.3- >>>>> vrdp/include/iprt/linux/sysfs.h >>>>> kBuild: Installing /lnc/build/apps/make/VirtualBox- >>>>> 5.1.30/out/linux.amd64/release/misc-staging/rdesktop-1.8.3- >>>>> vrdp/include/iprt/list.h >>>>> /lnc/build/apps/make/VirtualBox- >>>>> 5.1.30/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/tstguest_mod/vboxguest/Makefile.in >>>>> clude.header:112: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your >>>>> current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make >>>>> again. Stop. >>>>> make[1]: Leaving directory '/lnc/build/apps/make/VirtualBox- >>>>> 5.1.30/out/linux.amd64/release/obj/tstguest_mod/vboxguest' >>>> ^^^^^^^ >>>> >>>> I checked my configuration and do not have kernel sources but I also >>>> disable testcases [1] . Seems to me the regression it is in tst (test >>>> cases) . >>>> >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> kmk VBOX_WITH_TESTCASES= >>>> >>> >>> Thanks! This fixes this problem. Maybe building this test should >>> be excluded by configure when --disable-kmods is set. >>> >>> Thanks again and best regards >>> >>> Ulrich >>> >>>>> kBuild: Installing /lnc/build/apps/make/VirtualBox- >>>>> 5.1.30/out/linux.amd64/release/misc-staging/rdesktop-1.8.3- >>>>> vrdp/include/iprt/lockvalidator.h >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Makefile:30: recipe for target 'all' failed >>>>> >>>>> configure is called with the following parameters: >>>>> >>>>> ./configure --disable-kmods --disable-pulse --disable-alsa --disable- >>>>> hardening --disable-opengl --disable-dbus --disable-docs --disable- >>>>> python --disable-java --disable-libvpx >>>>> >>>>> The compile host is a modified Ubuntu 16.04 with a vanilla kernel >>>>> Linux 4.9. >>>>> >>>>> The error did not happen when compiling 5.1.12 in exact the >>>>> same configuration, so this is a regression. >>>>> >>>>> IMHO it should be possible to compile VirtualBox without access >>>>> to the kernel sources when --disable-kmods is given - not only >>>>> for security reasons. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thanks and best regards >>>>> >>>>> Ulrich >>>>> >>> >> > -- Michael Thayer | VirtualBox engineer ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. 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