[arch-general] Virtualbox Models for 5.2.34 (supported) Fail to Build against Linux 5.4

[David C. Rankin]

On 12/02/2019 10:49 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 12/02/2019 07:36 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> All,
>>
>>   Heads up to anyone still running Virtualbox 5.2.34 due to issues with
>> headless clients in Virtualbox 6.x, the kernel modules for 5.2.34 will not
>> build against Linux-5.4.
>>
>>   Build failure details at:
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/vbox-users/mailman/vbox-users-community/?viewmonth=201912
>>
> 
> Oracle testcase build does work fine with Linux-5.4
> 
> https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBox-5.2.35-135095-Linux_amd64.run
> https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/VirtualBoxSDK-5.2.35-135095.zip
> https://www.virtualbox.org/download/testcase/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.35-135095.vbox-extpack
> 

Already fixed, just waiting on upcoming 5.2.36 release:

Ticket #18945 (closed defect: fixed)
Linux 5.4: no more arbitrary executable pages and more changes
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/18945


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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.