Cannot update: virtualbox modules need a lower kernel

Today I did pacman -Syu and got:
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: virtualbox-modules: requires kernel26<2.6.28
So do I need to wait until virtualbox is updated or I have to force update and recompile virtualbox modules?

here's a patch for the virtualbox-modules PKGBUILD from ABS:
--- /var/abs/community/modules/virtualbox-modules/PKGBUILD 2008-11-12 06:47:12.000000000 +0100
+++ PKGBUILD 2009-01-21 13:46:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
# Contributor: Ingmar Steen
pkgname=virtualbox-modules
-_kernver=2.6.27-ARCH
-pkgver=2.0.4
+_kernver=`uname -r`
+pkgver=2.1.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Kernel modules for VirtualBox (vboxdrv)"
arch=('i686')
url="http://www.virtualbox.org"
license=('GPL')
-depends=('kernel26>=2.6.27' 'kernel26<2.6.28')
+depends=('kernel26>=2.6.27')
makedepends=('bin86' 'dev86' 'iasl' 'libstdc++5' 'qt3' 'sdl_ttf' 'libxt'
'libgl' 'alsa-lib' 'pulseaudio' 'gcc34' 'libxcursor' 'libidl2' 'libxslt'
'xalan-c' 'pth' 'libxml2' 'libidl2' 'libpng')
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@
install -D -m644 vboxdrv.ko "$pkgdir/lib/modules/${_kernver}/misc/vboxdrv.ko"
sed -i -e "s/KERNEL_VERSION='.*'/KERNEL_VERSION='${_kernver}'/" "$startdir/virtualbox-modules.install"
-md5sums=('89db3f4a227f97c1e080035fbadd10c8')
+md5sums=('4d8f857c9ead892607387656a9e895bb')
and this is for virtualbox-ose:
--- /var/abs/community/emulators/virtualbox-ose/PKGBUILD 2008-11-12 06:30:45.000000000 +0100
+++ PKGBUILD 2009-01-21 14:43:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# Contributor: Michal Krenek <[email protected]>
# Contributor: niQo
pkgname=virtualbox-ose
-pkgver=2.0.4
+pkgver=2.1.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use (Open Source Edition)"
url="http://www.virtualbox.org"
@@ -70,5 +70,5 @@
install -D -m644 "$srcdir/60-virtualbox.rules" \
"$pkgdir/etc/udev/rules.d/60-virtualbox.rules"
-md5sums=('89db3f4a227f97c1e080035fbadd10c8'
- '519d32d8c2408e0ed9d643f412117644')
+md5sums=('4d8f857c9ead892607387656a9e895bb'
+ '519d32d8c2408e0ed9d643f412117644')
by the way, there's still a warning at compile time "hardening is disabled, you shouldn't build vbox for distributions without hardening". anybody know the right way to fix this without breaking vbox?
Last edited by schuay (2009-01-21 14:13:14)

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