[Bug 497564] [NEW] Virtualbox package has implicit dependency on linux-headers

[Hegh]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

This looks similar to a number of other bugs, but none of them seem to
be exactly the same problem.

When installing the package "virtualbox-ose" using "sudo apt-get install
virtualbox-ose", the installation fails with this error:

Error! Your kernel source for kernel 2.6.31-16-server cannot be found at
/lib/modules/2.6.31-16-server/build or /lib/modules/2.6.31-16-server/source.
dpkg: error processing virtualbox-ose-source (--configure):                 
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 
Errors were encountered while processing:                                   
 virtualbox-ose-source                                                      
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I solved this by installing "linux-headers-$(uname -r)". Therefore,
"linux-headers" should be a dependency of "virtualbox-ose". Examining
the package info for "linux-headers" shows that "virtualbox-ose-source"
does depend on it, and "virtualbox-ose" depends on "virtualbox-ose-
source", but somehow this is not enough.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 16 16:28:55 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: virtualbox-ose-qt 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-server
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-server x86_64
VirtualBoxOse.DpkgList:
 ii  virtualbox-guest-additions            3.0.8-1                                    guest additions iso image for VirtualBox
 ii  virtualbox-ose                        3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1                        x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
 ii  virtualbox-ose-qt                     3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1                        x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user 
 ii  virtualbox-ose-source                 3.0.8-dfsg-1ubuntu1                        x86 virtualization solution - kernel module
XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3565): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

** Affects: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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Virtualbox package has implicit dependency on linux-headers
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