On 29 December 2010 00:24, Heiko Baums <lists@baums-on-web.de> wrote:
Am Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:49:32 +0800 schrieb Ray Rashif <schiv@archlinux.org>:
virtualbox-guest-additions -> virtualbox-additions-linux ('guest' not important; shall be implied by description) desc: "Additions for Linux guests (userspace tools)"
virtualbox-guest-modules -> virtualbox-modules-linux (as above) desc: "Additions for Linux guests (kernel modules)
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No. The additions CD image can be bloat to some people only running vbox with an (arch)linux guest.
But wouldn't this be a bit better?
virtualbox-guest-additions -> virtualbox-additions-archlinux ('guest' not important; shall be implied by description) desc: "Additions for Arch Linux guests (userspace tools)"
virtualbox-guest-modules -> virtualbox-modules-archlinux (as above) desc: "Additions for Arch Linux guests (kernel modules)"
They're actually distro-independent. We just build, (re)package and move stuff around to the proper directories fit for whatever distro we use. Anyway, it's not wrong - either linux or archlinux serves the purpose here.