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FS#58986 - [virtualbox] build against python3

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by xduugu (xduugu) - Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 21:03 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 20:18 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
According to the changelog[1], virtualbox supports python3 since at least version 5.1.0, which was released on July 12 2016. Since version 5.1.26, which was released on July 27 2017, they provide python3 libraries for deb/rpm packages. Would it be possible to use python3 for virtualbox in Arch as well?

I did the necessary changes for virtualbox 5.2.12-2 to make it build against python3, but I had issues with the cross-compilation, so the attached patch is unfortunately untested so far.

[1] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-5.1

Additional info:
* virtualbox 5.2.12-2
   virtualbox_python3.patch (5 KiB)
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Closed by  Christian Hesse (eworm)
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 20:18 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  in SVN

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