FS#43944 - [virtualbox-guest-utils] missing (optional?) dependency to xorg-xrandr

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 09:28 GMT
Last edited by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Thursday, 05 March 2015, 00:33 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
virtualbox-guest-utils used to depend on xorg-xrandr, which is required for guest display resize. The dependency has been dropped in package version 4.3.22-2, breaking display resize when xorg-xrandr is not installed. We should readd the dependency or make it at least an optional dependency to give hint to the user.

Additional info:
virtualbox-guest-utils 4.3.22-2

Steps to reproduce:
* install virtualbox-guest-utils
* try to (auto-) resize guest display
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Closed by  Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Thursday, 05 March 2015, 00:33 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  virtualbox-4.3.24-1
Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Tuesday, 03 March 2015, 23:36 GMT
The missing deps is libxrandr. I did not find any use of the command xrandr in this package.
Comment by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Wednesday, 04 March 2015, 07:17 GMT
I do have libxradr installed but the problem persists without xorg-xrandr:

user@linux ~ % pacman -Q libxrandr virtualbox-guest-utils
libxrandr 1.4.2-2
virtualbox-guest-utils 4.3.22-2
user@linux ~ % VBoxClient --display -d
sh: xrandr: command not found
Comment by Sébastien Luttringer (seblu) - Wednesday, 04 March 2015, 20:01 GMT
I was wrong. I should sleep more.

$ strings =VBoxClient|grep xrandr
/usr/X11/bin/xrandr

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