VirtualBox

Opened 6 years ago

Closed 6 years ago

#17884 closed defect (duplicate)

Guest additions autorun uses deprecated options -> continued on mailing list

Reported by: 13Clocks Owned by:
Component: guest additions Version: VirtualBox 5.2.16
Keywords: gnome-terminal Cc:
Guest type: Linux Host type: other

Description

On a 64bit Ubuntu guest, the installer for the version 5.2.16 Guest Additions runs without a problem, but generates the error message

# Option “-x” is deprecated and might be removed in a later version of gnome-terminal.
# Use “-- ” to terminate the options and put the command line to execute after it.

I believe (just from glancing over the code and guesstimating) that the defect arises from the first line of the getxterm function:

getxterm() {
    # gnome-terminal and mate-terminal use -e differently to other emulators
    for gxti in "konsole --title -e" "gnome-terminal --title -x" "mate-terminal --title -x" "xterm -T -e"; do
        #...

It is also clear from the comments that this is not the first difficulty to arise from gnome-terminal.

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Deprecated option.png (26.2 KB ) - added by 13Clocks 6 years ago.

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Change History (3)

by 13Clocks, 6 years ago

Attachment: Deprecated option.png added

comment:1 by 13Clocks, 6 years ago

Hi. I'm really new to the open source business, so I'm really sorry for the roundabout way I have of going about things. I have tested the obvious fix for this bug, and it works. I will be uploading a formal patch very soon, but, in the interim, if anyone could show me how to take formal ownership of a ticket I would be very grateful. Thank you for your understanding.

comment:2 by Michael Thayer, 6 years ago

Resolution: duplicate
Status: newclosed
Summary: Guest additions autorun uses deprecated optionsGuest additions autorun uses deprecated options -> continued on mailing list

Thank you. We can continue on the mailing list. And no worries - the only way never to make mistakes is never to try anything; but that doesn't get bugs fixed.

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