#631908 boinc-client: looks for virtualbox-related binaries, for an unknown reason

Package:
boinc-client
Source:
boinc
Description:
core client for the BOINC distributed computing infrastructure
Submitter:
Raphael Geissert
Date:
2015-01-21 23:09:13 UTC
Severity:
normal
#631908#5
Date:
2011-06-28 08:01:21 UTC
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To:
Package: boinc-client
Version: 6.12.22+dfsg-1

Hi,

For an unknown (read: undocumented) reason the BOINC client attempts to
execute /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage.
From searching on a few websites it appears that BOINC gained, or is in the
process of gaining, support for using VirtualBox to run distributed tasks.
However, it is not documented anywhere how exactly it works, how to disable
it, etc.

So, please document it and offer a way to disable it. Just because the host
happens to have virtualbox installed doesn't mean that a) it is usable, b)
there are enough resources, c) put simply, that it should use it.

Cheers,
#631908#12
Date:
2011-12-15 12:07:17 UTC
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I just noticed this phenomenon. Here's some upstream documentation that
might be useful: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/VboxApps

Don't know if there is a way to disable this feature, though.
#631908#17
Date:
2011-12-23 00:41:16 UTC
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What phenomenon?

I had read through that page before.

Seems like I need an extra push to understand your motivation.


Please make it as simple as possible for me.

Many thanks and regards,

Steffen
#631908#22
Date:
2015-01-21 23:07:45 UTC
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Can this be closed now? The application is behaving as designed.