FreeBSD Port: phpvirtualbox-4.3.2 & virtualbox-ose-4.3.36
Naram Qashat
cyberbotx at cyberbotx.com
Sun Mar 6 20:04:01 UTC 2016
> On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 20:47:00 +0100
> Bernhard Fröhlich <decke at bluelife.at> wrote:
>
>> Am 05.03.2016 3:56 nachm. schrieb "Mario Lobo" <lobo at bsd.com.br>:
>> >
>> > On Sat, 5 Mar 2016 12:26:42 +0100
>> > Bernhard Fröhlich <decke at bluelife.at> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Am 05.03.2016 1:01 vorm. schrieb "Michael" <ma.zoon at quicknet.nl>:
>> > > >
>> > > > Hi all,
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > I write this as I like to request a major upgrade for virtualbox
>> > > > related ports on freebsd.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Currently I face problems using the current ports with php70
>> > > > port
>> > > compiled.
>> > > >
>> > > > I don't want to go back to port php56.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Those problems can easy be fixed when phpvirtualbox-4.3.2 gets
>> > > > an upgrade
>> > > to
>> > > > phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
>> > > >
>> > > > as it now support php7 out of the box.
>> > > >
>> > > > Please have a look:
>> > > > https://github.com/imoore76/phpvirtualbox/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.txt
>> > > > Changelog.
>> > > >
>> > > > But before upgrading, the new Virtualbox version must be
>> > > > upgraded also see https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Please can those ports be upgraded by someone for support of
>> > > > systems
>> > > running
>> > > > PHP 7?
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Category www
>> > > >
>> > > > --------------------
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > phpvirtualbox-4.3.2 needs an upgrade for support of php 7 and
>> > > > phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Category emulators
>> > > >
>> > > > --------------------------
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > virtualbox-ose-4.3.36 needs an upgrade for support of php 7 and
>> > > > phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > virtualbox-ose-additions-4.3.36 needs an upgrade for support of
>> > > > php 7 and phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > virtualbox-ose-kmod-4.3.36 needs an upgrade for support of php
>> > > > 7 and phpvirtualbox-5.0-5
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Thank you for all the work!
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > With best regards,
>> > > >
>> > > > Michael
>> > >
>> > > Hi Michael,
>> > >
>> > > we know that we need to update vbox to 5.x but the sad truth is
>> > > that we do not have a reasonable stable version of it. The port
>> > > builds but the kernel module doesn't work properly so instead of
>> > > breaking vbox for all people we will just stay at the last stable
>> > > version that we have. phpvirtualbox is not backwards compatible
>> > > so you have two options:
>> > >
>> > > 1) help on vbox 5.x port
>> > > 2) create a phpvirtualbox patch for php7
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>> >
>> > Pardon for barging in the thread but I've been running VBox 5.0.8
>> > with 4 VMs at my work since January without any problems (so far,
>> > at least)
>> >
>> > [~]>pkg info | grep virtual
>> > vde2-2.3.2_2 User-mode virtual ethernet
>> > infrastructure virtualbox-ose-5.0.8 General-purpose full
>> > virtualizer
>> >
>> > [~]>ps ax
>> > PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
>> > 944 - S 22:49.70 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxXPCOMIPCD
>> > 952 - S 66:11.24 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSVC
>> > 934 v0- I 3065:24.90 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless
>> > -startvm DBServer --vrde off 935 v0- I
>> > 13068:32.29 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless -startvm
>> > WEBServer --vrde off 936 v0- I
>> > 8552:00.08 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless -startvm EXTServer
>> > --vrde off
>> > 15004 0- S 451:17.91 /usr/local/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless
>> > -startvm xDBServer --vrde off
>> >
>> >
>> > On my desktop, I'm on V 5.0.14, also without any problems.
>> >
>> > It's a fact that the VMs at work are for development but they are
>> > heavily used by the team.
>> >
>> > All FreeBSDs mentioned above are 10.2 STABLE.
>> >
>> > Of course, in all these cases, I adapted the port to compile and
>> > test.
>> >
>> > When you say "the kernel module doesn't work properly", what
>> > exactly do you mean?
>>
>> Then why don't you submit them as a PR? The version that I have
>> tested and seen last time was an early 5.0 and that easily paniced
>> kernels. Might be that this has been fixed in the meantime but let's
>> find out.
>>
>> At least we could do a broader call for testers to get a better
>> overview of where we are.
>
> Here are the versions I've experimenting successfully with:
>
> These are the modified port dirs.
>
> drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Sep 3 2015 5.0.2
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Sep 9 19:30 5.0.4
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Oct 2 21:05 5.0.6
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Oct 30 20:57 5.0.8
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Dec 1 10:02 5.0.10
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Dec 21 10:43 5.0.12
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 512 Jan 30 10:23 5.0.14
>
>
> I've never submitted a PR before. Would you have any pointers on how
> should I proceed with that?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Mario Lobo
> http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br
> FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!]
>
> "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things,
> because that would also stop you from doing clever things."
I've actually taken the 5.0.4 ports that Jung-uk Kim had created and made
the fixes to them to make 5.0.16 compile with them. The only reason I have
yet to submit the updated port is because virtualbox-ose-additions still
doesn't compile and I haven't had a chance to fully fix that yet.
I have no intention of taking over maintenance of the port, unless needed,
but I do want to help get 5.x into the ports tree, so once I have all the
ports compiling, I'll submit a PR to get the port updated.
Thanks,
Naram Qashat
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