[Bug 379878] [NEW] Dangling symlink /usr/src/vboxdrv-2.2.2 caused by installing virtualbox-2.2, virtualbox-ose-source, then virtualbox-ose

Daniel Hahler launchpad at thequod.de
Sun May 24 01:34:55 UTC 2009 

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

I've installed virtualbox-2.2, which removed virtualbox-ose and apparently it created (or only touched) a dangling/wrong symlink:
  /usr/src/vboxdrv-2.2.2 -> ../share/virtualbox/src/vboxdrv

There might be something in the removal process of one of the 2.2.2
-dfsg-2ubuntu1 packages or in the installation of virtualbox-2.2 (from
virtualbox.org), which created (or only touched) this (and caused later
problems when installing virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-source again,
which uses that directory for installation (and caused DKMS to fail)).

I have unfortunately already removed the link and have no seconds for
its timestamp.

I could reproduce this as follows:
1. Remove virtualbox-ose-source
2. Install virtualbox-2.2, this will install a symlink: /usr/src/vboxdrv-2.2.2 -> ../share/virtualbox/src/vboxdrv
3. "dpkg -i" virtualbox-ose-source, virtualbox-ose, virtualbox-ose-qt
4. This will install virtualbox-ose-source, _then_ remove virtualbox-2.2 (which leads to the problem)

Proposed solution:
Make virtualbox-ose-source conflict with the virtualbox.org virtualbox-x packages.

/var/log/dpkg.log:
2009-05-24 01:04:32 startup packages remove
2009-05-24 01:04:32 status installed virtualbox-ose-qt 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 remove virtualbox-ose-qt 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status half-configured virtualbox-ose-qt 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status half-installed virtualbox-ose-qt 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status triggers-pending menu 2.1.41ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status half-installed virtualbox-ose-qt 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status triggers-pending desktop-file-utils 0.15-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status half-installed virtualbox-ose-qt 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status triggers-awaited menu 2.1.41ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status config-files virtualbox-ose-qt 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status config-files virtualbox-ose-qt 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status installed virtualbox-ose 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 remove virtualbox-ose 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status half-configured virtualbox-ose 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status half-installed virtualbox-ose 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status config-files virtualbox-ose 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status config-files virtualbox-ose 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 trigproc menu 2.1.41ubuntu1 2.1.41ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:33 status half-configured menu 2.1.41ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:35 status installed menu 2.1.41ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:35 trigproc desktop-file-utils 0.15-2ubuntu1 0.15-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:35 status half-configured desktop-file-utils 0.15-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:35 status installed desktop-file-utils 0.15-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:37 startup archives unpack
2009-05-24 01:04:38 install virtualbox-2.2 <keine> 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty
2009-05-24 01:04:38 status half-installed virtualbox-2.2 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty
2009-05-24 01:04:49 status triggers-pending desktop-file-utils 0.15-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:49 status half-installed virtualbox-2.2 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty
2009-05-24 01:04:51 status unpacked virtualbox-2.2 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty
2009-05-24 01:04:51 status unpacked virtualbox-2.2 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty
2009-05-24 01:04:51 trigproc desktop-file-utils 0.15-2ubuntu1 0.15-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:51 status half-configured desktop-file-utils 0.15-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:51 status installed desktop-file-utils 0.15-2ubuntu1
2009-05-24 01:04:53 startup packages configure
2009-05-24 01:04:53 configure virtualbox-2.2 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty
2009-05-24 01:04:53 status unpacked virtualbox-2.2 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty
2009-05-24 01:04:56 status unpacked virtualbox-2.2 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty
2009-05-24 01:04:56 status half-configured virtualbox-2.2 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty
2009-05-24 01:06:24 status installed virtualbox-2.2 2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May 24 03:18:16 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: virtualbox-ose 2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-5.6-generic
SourcePackage: virtualbox-ose
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-5-generic i686
UnreportableReason: Das Paket stammt nicht von Ubuntu.
VirtualBoxOse.DpkgList:
 ic  virtualbox-2.2                                          2.2.2-46594_Ubuntu_jaunty                Sun VirtualBox
 ii  virtualbox-ose                                          2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu2                      x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
 ii  virtualbox-ose-qt                                       2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu2                      x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user 
 ii  virtualbox-ose-source                                   2.2.2-dfsg-2ubuntu2                      x86 virtualization solution - kernel module
modified.conffile..etc.vbox.vbox.cfg: [deleted]

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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