Can't compile virtualbox-guest-additions-5.2.14:0/0::gentoo

resill · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2018 Posts: 31

Hi all,

I'm on Pentoo (Gentoo + pentoo-overlay) and I can't seem to compile the latest stable app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.2.14::gentoo. Please refer to the following output:
emerge --info '=app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.2.14::gentoo': https://pastebin.com/YzGv5PBj
emerge -pqv '=app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.2.14::gentoo': [ebuild R ] app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.2.14 USE="X"
zcat /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.2.14/temp/build.log.gz | head -n 100 > build-log && echo '[...] snip [...]' >> build-log && zcat /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.2.14/temp/build.log.gz | tail -n 100 >> build-log: https://pastebin.com/rMa7c8hm

The build.log.gz was too big to upload to pastebin so I had to snip it, but in then I did notice:

Muso

fedeliallalinea · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:15 am Post subject:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8255216.html#8255216
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resill · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2018 Posts: 31

@Muso: You got my reference.

Let me know how your emerge goes!

@fedeliallalinea: Thanks, I already found that one. Sadly I'm nowhere closer to the solution than these guys and I'm not getting any missing symbols messages. I also managed to compile the guest additions on 4.18.5 before trying to upgrade to 4.18.11.

Today I've tried to:
* `make distclean` my my kernel sources, then compiled the kernel again, then the guest-additions, no success;
* `emerge -C pentoo-sources && emerge pentoo-sources`, then compiled kernel again, then the guest-additions, no success;
* `emerge -C pentoo-sources && rm -rf /boot/*18.11* && rm -rf /lib/modules/*18.11* && rm -rf /usr/src/*18.11*`, then compiled the kernel again, then the guest-additions, no success;
* Then removed the guest-additions from my world set, compiled the kernel again, rebuilt the kernel modules and rebooted into my new 4.18.11 kernel. Then tried to compile the guest-additions while using the new kernel, and still no success.

Every time it fails showing the exact same errors and I don't know how to fix this. There must something I'm doing wrong, no?

Jaglover · Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:45 pm Post subject:

resill · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2018 Posts: 31

@Jaglover: Indeed, this is regarding 5.2.14. Sorry if I caused any confusion. I did try to compile 5.2.18 along the way, but it did not work - it gave the same error - and I would avoid running testing ebuild unless I had no other choice.

resill · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2018 Posts: 31

As a desperate attempt, I also tried to compile the 5.2.18 version of the guest additions by mounting the guest additions ISO, as Virtualbox provides on my host system (Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image...). This also did not work. `/var/log/vboxadd-setup.log`: https://pastebin.com/WZwUCsTR

Perhaps kernel 4.18.11 is simply not yet supported by Virtualbox? I'm also seeing numerous posts on the Interwebz that suggest that other distros have similar problems on Fedore, CentOS, and such.

fedeliallalinea · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 7:19 pm Post subject:

Jaglover · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:13 pm Post subject:

FWIW, I run kernel 4.18.11 and VBox 5.2.18. I did not do any custom patching. But my system is all ~amd64.
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fedeliallalinea · Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:42 am Post subject:

resill · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2018 Posts: 31

resill · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2018 Posts: 31

Apparently it's a known bug in Bugzilla: https://bugs.gentoo.org/660942. I hereby confirm I was able to compile the guest-additions using Goeran Bruns' solution.