Your message dated Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:57:21 +0100 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: virtualbox-dkms: module fails to build for Linux 6.15: support for EXTRA_CFLAGS has been removed has caused the Debian Bug report #1106718, regarding virtualbox-dkms: module fails to build for Linux 6.15: support for EXTRA_CFLAGS has been removed to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: virtualbox-dkms Version: 7.1.8-dfsg-3 Severity: important Tags: upstream sid forky Hi, virtualbox-dkms fails to build the module(s) for Linux 6.15 in experimental: DKMS (dkms-3.2.0) make.log for virtualbox/7.1.8 for kernel 6.15-rc7-amd64 (x86_64) Sat May 24 21:54:02 UTC 2025 Building module(s) # command: make -j14 KERNELRELEASE=6.15-rc7-amd64 -C /lib/modules/6.15-rc7-amd64/build M=/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.1.8/build make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-amd64' make[1]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.1.8/build' CC [M] vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o CC [M] vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o CC [M] vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o CC [M] vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o CC [M] vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o CC [M] vboxdrv/SUPLibAll.o In file included from vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.c:42: vboxdrv/linux/../SUPDrvInternal.h:47:10: fatal error: VBox/cdefs.h: No such file or directory 47 | #include <VBox/cdefs.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. In file included from vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.c:43: vboxdrv/SUPDrvInternal.h:47:10: fatal error: VBox/cdefs.h: No such file or directory 47 | #include <VBox/cdefs.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/scripts/Makefile.build:208: vboxdrv/SUPDrvSem.o] Error 1 make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CC [M] vboxdrv/common/string/strformatrt.o make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/scripts/Makefile.build:208: vboxdrv/linux/SUPDrv-linux.o] Error 1 In file included from vboxdrv/SUPDrv.c:43: vboxdrv/SUPDrvInternal.h:47:10: fatal error: VBox/cdefs.h: No such file or directory 47 | #include <VBox/cdefs.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. In file included from vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.c:43: vboxdrv/SUPDrvInternal.h:47:10: fatal error: VBox/cdefs.h: No such file or directory 47 | #include <VBox/cdefs.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/scripts/Makefile.build:208: vboxdrv/SUPDrvGip.o] Error 1 make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/scripts/Makefile.build:208: vboxdrv/SUPDrv.o] Error 1 In file included from vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.c:43: vboxdrv/SUPDrvInternal.h:47:10: fatal error: VBox/cdefs.h: No such file or directory 47 | #include <VBox/cdefs.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/scripts/Makefile.build:208: vboxdrv/SUPDrvTracer.o] Error 1 vboxdrv/SUPLibAll.c:41:10: fatal error: VBox/sup.h: No such file or directory 41 | #include <VBox/sup.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/scripts/Makefile.build:208: vboxdrv/SUPLibAll.o] Error 1 vboxdrv/common/string/strformatrt.c:42:10: fatal error: iprt/string.h: No such file or directory 42 | #include <iprt/string.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/scripts/Makefile.build:208: vboxdrv/common/string/strformatrt.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/scripts/Makefile.build:466: vboxdrv] Error 2 make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/Makefile:2027: .] Error 2 make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/Makefile:260: __sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/virtualbox/7.1.8/build' make: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-common/Makefile:260: __sub-make] Error 2 make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.15-rc7-amd64' # exit code: 2 # elapsed time: 00:00:01 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is most likely caused by the usage of deprecated EXTRA_CFLAGS (superseded by ccflags-y since 2007) where the backwards compatibility support has been removed in v6.15-rc1, finally. "kbuild: remove EXTRA_*FLAGS support" https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e966ad0edd0056c7491b8f23992c11734ab61ddf Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---This has been fixed in the meantime, proably with virtualbox 7.2.0 and/or kernel 6.15.1 (As always, this bug can be reopened should the bug is still there)
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