Bug #16653: feature/buster FTBFS since virtualbox was removed from testing and synaptic 0.84.6 was uploaded to sid

Bug #16653

feature/buster FTBFS since virtualbox was removed from testing and synaptic 0.84.6 was uploaded to sid

Added by intrigeri 2019-04-16 06:27:08 . Updated 2019-05-19 15:30:46 .

Status:

Resolved

Priority:

Elevated

Assignee:

Category:

Virtualization

Target version:

Tails_4.0

Start date:

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:

bugfix/16653-virtualbox-from-sid, https://salsa.debian.org/tails-team/tails/merge_requests/19

Type of work:

Code

Blueprint:

Starter:

Affected tool:

Deliverable for:

Description

The build system tries to install the only version that’s available & allowed by our APT pinning, i.e. currently: 5.2.12-dfsg-1 from our devel APT suite.

Our policy regarding VirtualBox support is essentially: install from sid as long as that’s possible, then when it becomes impossible, import the latest working/installable version into our custom APT repo (that’s how 5.2.12-dfsg-1 made it there in the first place), and if that doesn’t work anymore, drop the ball and stop trying to install the VirtualBox packages unless there’s a really cheap workaround.

Subtasks

Related issues

Blocks Tails - Feature #16209: Core work: Foundations Team

Confirmed

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2019-04-16 06:27:25

blocks Feature #16209: Core work: Foundations Team added

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2019-04-16 06:31:38

Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress

Applied in changeset commit:tails|9b7b50e3fef5e7e94488e3e56c4cc88617524aff.

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2019-04-16 06:50:18

Feature Branch set to bugfix/16653-virtualbox-from-sid

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2019-04-16 07:21:02

Subject changed from feature/buster FTBFS since virtualbox was removed from testing to feature/buster FTBFS since virtualbox was removed from testing and synaptic 0.84.6 was uploaded to sid

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2019-04-16 09:11:48

This fixes the FTBFS: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/build_Tails_ISO_bugfix-16653-virtualbox-from-sid/2/.

https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_bugfix-16653-virtualbox-from-sid/1/ will tell us whether Synaptic still works as intended.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2019-04-16 09:17:45

Feature Branch changed from bugfix/16653-virtualbox-from-sid to bugfix/16653-virtualbox-from-sid, https://salsa.debian.org/tails-team/tails/merge_requests/19

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2019-04-17 05:53:21

Assignee deleted (~~intrigeri~~)
QA Check set to Ready for QA

The relevant scenarios passed:

#8 Updated by segfault 2019-04-20 10:13:39

QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

LGTM

#9 Updated by segfault 2019-04-20 10:14:51

Status changed from In Progress to Fix committed
% Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:tails|da8f89e208c6a32f7415e8de873e17ec20bc56ce.

#10 Updated by intrigeri 2019-05-19 15:30:46

Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved