[deletion request] virtualbox_bin_additions is broken

[solsTiCe d'Hiver-2]

hi.
there is this package in AUR
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14621 called
virtualbox_bin_additions

but it is severely broken
- it uses sudo to mount an iso on a loopback device
- it does not create a vboxadd user needed for the vboxadd service

and there already are 2 packages in [community] for additions
virtualbox-additions and virtualbox-ose-additions (with
virtualbox-ose-additions-modules)

so i think it could better be deleted.

[Ionut Biru]

On 11/04/2009 05:37 PM, solsTiCe d'Hiver wrote:

> hi.
> there is this package in AUR
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14621 called
> virtualbox_bin_additions
>
> but it is severely broken
> - it uses sudo to mount an iso on a loopback device
> - it does not create a vboxadd user needed for the vboxadd service
>
> and there already are 2 packages in [community] for additions
> virtualbox-additions and virtualbox-ose-additions (with
> virtualbox-ose-additions-modules)
>
> so i think it could better be deleted.
>

virtualbox-additions, virtualbox-ose-additions and
virtualbox-ose-additions-modules can be used _only_ with virtualbox-ose.

as i said in the comments, virtualbox_bin provides the iso for
additional tools and can be used from virtualbox interface,
Device->Install additional tools and then can be mounted inside of vm,
along with ./VBoxsomething.run which compiles all the modules and all
the stuff that needs to be added.

because there is an viable alternative and the build is using sudo i'll
deleting right now.

--
Ionut

[Daenyth Blank]

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:48, Ionut Biru <biru.ionut@...> wrote:
> because there is an viable alternative and the build is using sudo i'll
> deleting right now.
>

Shouldn't we fix the package instead of deleting it?

[Ionut Biru]

On 11/04/2009 06:09 PM, Daenyth Blank wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:48, Ionut Biru<biru.ionut@...>  wrote:
>> because there is an viable alternative and the build is using sudo i'll
>> deleting right now.
>>
>
> Shouldn't we fix the package instead of deleting it?

why having around when is more easy to install choosing virtualbox way?

--
Ionut

[yup-2]

Hi,

Please delete package dxr3player-svn, I did a mistake and put svn
instead of cvs. I've submitted correct version, dxr3player-cvs.

Regards,

Yarema

[Ionut Biru]

On 11/04/2009 07:16 PM, YUP wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please delete package dxr3player-svn, I did a mistake and put svn
> instead of cvs. I've submitted correct version, dxr3player-cvs.
>
> Regards,
>
> Yarema
>
done

--
Ionut

[yup-2]

It was fast! Thank you!


>>
> done
>

[solsTiCe d'Hiver-2]

Le mercredi 04 novembre 2009 à 17:48 +0200, Ionut Biru a écrit :
> virtualbox-additions, virtualbox-ose-additions and
> virtualbox-ose-additions-modules can be used _only_ with virtualbox-ose.

i do not agree.
i have installed virtualbox-ose-additions without the virtualbox-ose
package.
and in a guest running with virtualbox-bin. (not the ose one)