[SOLVED] Compiling VirtualBox 5.2.36 fails

upnort · 01-25-2020, 02:27 PM

Slackware 14.2 64-bit. The build failure:

kmk: *** No rule to make target `/tmp/VirtualBox-5.2.36/src/VBox/Installer/linux/blacklist-vboxpci.conf', needed by `/tmp/VirtualBox-5.2.36/out/linux.amd64/release/bin/blacklist-vboxpci.conf'. Stop.

Version 5.2.34 compiled fine some weeks ago. Same build script, different version.

Any ideas?

Thanks again.

upnort · 01-25-2020, 06:48 PM

Looks like the changes are Debian related. I created a sledge hammer patch to strip the new code.

Code:

diff -urN VirtualBox-5.2.36/src/VBox/Installer/linux/Makefile.kmk VirtualBox-5.2.36.new/src/VBox/Installer/linux/Makefile.kmk
--- VirtualBox-5.2.36/src/VBox/Installer/linux/Makefile.kmk	2020-01-14 08:54:00.000000000 -0600
+++ VirtualBox-5.2.36.new/src/VBox/Installer/linux/Makefile.kmk	2020-01-25 15:41:00.375319585 -0600
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@
 	$(VBOX_PATH_INST_COMMON_SRC)/virtualbox.xml \
 	$(if $(VBOX_OSE),,$(VBOX_BRAND_LICENSE_TXT)=>LICENSE) \
 	$(linux-misc_0_OUTDIR)/generated.sh=>scripts/generated.sh \
-	$(if $(VBOX_WITH_QTGUI),$(linux-misc_0_OUTDIR)/virtualbox.desktop,) \
-	blacklist-vboxpci.conf
+	$(if $(VBOX_WITH_QTGUI),$(linux-misc_0_OUTDIR)/virtualbox.desktop,)
 linux-misc_CLEAN = \
 	$(linux-misc_0_OUTDIR)/generated.sh \
 	$(linux-misc_0_OUTDIR)/virtualbox.desktop
@@ -129,10 +128,6 @@
 linux-icons_MODE = a+r,u+w
 linux-icons_SOURCES = $(VBOX_MIME_ICONS) $(VBOX_DESKTOP_ICONS)
 
-INSTALLS += linux-config
-linux-config_INST = etc/modprobe.d/
-linux-config_MODE = a+r,u+w
-linux-config_SOURCES = blacklist-vboxpci.conf
 
 #
 # The files residing in bin/ that we'll ship.
@@ -236,8 +231,7 @@
 	VBox.sh \
 	vboxweb-service.sh \
 	VBox.png \
-	$(addprefix UnattendedTemplates/,$(VBOX_UNATTENDED_TEMPLATES)) \
-	blacklist-vboxpci.conf
+	$(addprefix UnattendedTemplates/,$(VBOX_UNATTENDED_TEMPLATES))
 
 ifdef VBOX_WITH_EXTPACK
  VBOX_LNX_STRIP_BIN += \