This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed- focal' to 'verification-done-focal'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-focal' to 'verification-failed-focal'.
If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you! ** Tags added: verification-needed-focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1933248 Title: please drop virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-source Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in virtualbox-hwe package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in virtualbox source package in Focal: Invalid Status in virtualbox-hwe source package in Focal: Invalid Bug description: [Impact] * virtualbox guest modules have graduated into the upstream vanilla kernel, since at least v5.4 / Ubuntu 20.04 * These guest modules are no longer needed in dkms or source form, as they are always available from all kernel flavours, including when the packages are backported to Ubuntu 20.04. * Thus we should stop shipping them, and instead rely on the upstream ones. [Test Plan] * Boot virtualbox images * Check that guest-modules based integration still works. [Where problems could occur] * There might be differences between the linux kernel provided modules, guest userspace & host userspace tooling. If there are any differences, we would have to resolve the issues as needed to maintain backwards & forwards compatibility. [Other Info] * virtualbox guest modules fail to build from source with recent kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1933248/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
