Opened 14 years ago
Closed 14 years ago
#7747 closed defect (wontfix)
VirtualBox rpm package for Fedora does not include gcc as a dependency
| Reported by: | mansour | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | installer | Version: | VirtualBox 3.2.10 |
| Keywords: | fedora, rpm | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description
VirtualBox-3.2.10 rpm package does not include gcc as a dependency. As a result, the kernel module fails to compile on systems with no gcc installed. Attached is the install log.
Attachments (1)
Change History (3)
by , 14 years ago
| Attachment: | vbox-install.log added |
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comment:1 by , 14 years ago
comment:2 by , 14 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
We will not add this dependency. The reason is that this dependency is usually added by DKMS or by the corresponding kernel-devel package. The other problem is that gcc is not necessarily the package which is required for compiling the kernel headers. For instance, on Debian/Lenny the correct package is gcc-4.1 for linux-headers-2.6.26, for linux-headers-2.6.32 it is gcc-4.3. The Debian packages have a recommendation for DKMS but unfortunately the concept of recommending packages does not exist for rpm-based packages.


+1. Hmmm. This applies to other distros as well.
-Technologov