[Bug 195753] New: vboxgtk - cannot create a VM via vboxgtk

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            Bug ID: 195753
           Summary: vboxgtk - cannot create a VM via vboxgtk
           Product: Ports Tree
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: freebsd-ports-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: kappei84 at gmail.com

Created attachment 150275
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=150275&action=edit
VboxGtk makes now use if  the last Oracle VBoxManage API set when creating a VM

To whom it may concern,

I think that the vboxgtk port is broken as it makes use of an old interface
contract for VBoxManage APIs. Some of the methods used in the python code are
either not existing anymore or the parameter set has changed.

Many users from other distributions (e.g. Linux) had the same problem as mine.
In particular, when one tries to create a VM, the following error message is
displayed "Could not create the VM - This parameter must be a string or Unicode
object". I tried to contact the creator of the application to submit my patch
and fix the various issues, but I have never received an answer. 

I had several tests on my local machine and the code seems to be stable and
working. It would be nice to see how this is working on a larger scale and more
testing. 

Attached is the patch to fix the error.
Regards,
Daniele Mazzotti.

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