﻿id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
21415	"Debian/Ubuntu repositories: remove dependency ""vitualbox-x.y recommends linux-image"""	PHD		"vitualbox-x.y packages in Debian/Ubuntu repositories should have their dependency

""vitualbox-x.y recommends linux-image"" removed.

1.

This dependency sometimes makes apt resolve conflicts by installing random ""linux-image-*"" packages (which provide ""linux-image"" virtual package).

This mostly includes Linux kernel images dedicated for cloud:
linux-image-*-azure, linux-image-*-gcp, linux-image-*-oracle, linux-image-*-aws

Automatically installing these makes an annoying mess in host's Linux installation,
and may also result in failed upgrades if /boot partition is too small to fit all these kernel images.

2.

At least 1 package providing ""linux-image"" is obviously most likely installed already in any Linux system, so this dependency is quite useless anyway.
"	defect	new	installer	VirtualBox-7.0.6				all	Linux
