>>>>> On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:36:58 -0500, Perry Halbert said: > > Ubuntu 10.10 latest VBox from svn. > /trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux/debian rules binary > Any idea how to get around this issue? Debian lenny will complete with > the error but does bark about it. > Looks like the issue is being generated by VBox as the control file has > the exact information that dpkg-deb: is complaining about. > > dh_md5sums: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated. > dh_builddeb --destdir / > dh_builddeb: Compatibility levels before 5 are deprecated. > dpkg-deb: parse error, in file 'debian/virtualbox-4.0/DEBIAN/control' > near line 2 package 'virtualbox-4.0': > error in Version string '4.0.51_OSE-37581~Ubuntu~maverick': invalid > character in version number > dh_builddeb: dpkg-deb --build debian/virtualbox-4.0 / returned exit code 2 > make[1]: *** [binary] Error 9 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux' > make: *** [binary] Error 2
I think the invalid character is the underscore in "_OSE", which is from the version number generated by VBox. Somehow Oracle build their packages without OSE, but the source code they release builds with OSE. There is a thread from a few days ago here, but it hasn't been resolved yet: http://vbox.innotek.de/pipermail/vbox-dev/2011-June/004251.html __Martin _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
