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FS#48494 - [virtualbox] guest-modules uninstalled when updating packages
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Opened by Lars Christensen (larsch) - Monday, 07 March 2016, 15:38 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 07 March 2016, 15:45 GMT
Opened by Lars Christensen (larsch) - Monday, 07 March 2016, 15:38 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 07 March 2016, 15:45 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
On 2016-02-27 in r163543, virtualbox-guest-dkms was set as replacing virtualbox-guest-modules, which has broken my setup. With virtualbox-guest-modules installed, it gets uninstalled whenever I run "pacman -Syu --noconfirm" and removes the required kernel modules. virtualbox-guest-modules is still recommend per Wiki page (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VirtualBox), which in fact claims that virtualbox-guest-utils depends on virtualbox-guest-modules (which is no longer true, as it points to -dkms instead). I'm not aware of the reason behind this change. I'm wouldn't like to be required to have base-devel installed on my basic Vagrant virtual machines, and I still would like to be able to update them easily, but now -guest-modules is automatically removed. Steps to reproduce: pacman -Syu --noconfirm virtualbox-guest-utils-nox virtualbox-guest-modules # => ok, modules installed pacman -Syu --noconfirm # => -modules automatically uninstalled :-( |
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Closed by Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Monday, 07 March 2016, 15:45 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: The wiki is out of date. The maintainer is switching to dkms modules. If you want that changed, make a persuasive argument. This ticket, as posted, is expected behavior.
Monday, 07 March 2016, 15:45 GMT
Reason for closing: Not a bug
Additional comments about closing: The wiki is out of date. The maintainer is switching to dkms modules. If you want that changed, make a persuasive argument. This ticket, as posted, is expected behavior.